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    Memorial

    Clifton - WW1 and WW2

    Overview of the memorial

    Source: Copyright John Hendry

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    Current Location

    Opp. Highley Hall., Towngate, Clifton, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HD6 4LL, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 16003 22958

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Harry Anderson

    • Albert Arnett

    • Raymond Brook

    • Ernest Brooke

    • Ralph Clayton

    • Harry Clayton

    • Fred Clayton

    • Randall Drake

    • Stanley B Dyson

    • George Mitchell Fryer

    • Hereld Green

    • James Greenwood

    • Herbert Hall

    • John Hanson

    • John Wm Hardcastle

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    2754
    Description
    Floreated latin cross on a tapering shaft and octagonal plinth. The names are engraved on the sides of the plinth and the whole is set on two steps.
    Inscription
    IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF CLIFTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT THEIR NAME SHALL LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ (Names)/ AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    32
    Died
    32
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • M. Noble, Sculptor

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    20th November 1921

    Lt. Col. Sir George Armitage CMG DSO

    Dedicated

    20th November 1921

    Rev. W.J.R. Sherlock, Vicar of Clifton

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 4500mm


    Made from: Stone - Yorkshire


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Made from: Stone - Yorkshire


    Condition: Good


    Steps

    Height: 4050mm


    Made from: Stone - Yorkshire


    Condition: Good


    • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 417
    • Carter Postcard Collection UL1