Memorial

New Road Sunday School, Rastrick - WW1

Board and Plaque

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Current Location

Inside and above the main door to the Sunday School, New Road Sunday School, New Road, Rastrick, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HD6 3QY, England

SE 13381 20891

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2749
Description: Varnished wooden board with pediment, mounted inside and above the main door: lettering in gold. The name of the sole fallen man is on a brass plaque mounted below the names of those who served.
Inscription: ROLL OF HONOUR/ TEACHERS AND SCHOLARS/ WHO SERVED FOR GOD FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY/ OF ERNEST REDFEARN WHO LAID DOWN HIS LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY/ OCTOBER 9TH 1917 AGED 20 YEARS/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 35
Served: 34
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname, Forename
Order of names: Surname
Additional Information: The date of death and age of the one casualty is given on the plaque

Board

Height: 1630mm

Width: 1350mm

Made from: Wood - Oak

Condition: Good

Plaque

Height: 210mm

Width: 1050mm

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Halifax Weekly Guardian 07 May 1921
Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 411