Memorial

Lightcliffe

Obelisk

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Current Location

Leeds Road opposite Leyburn Avenue, The Stray, Leeds Road, Lightcliffe, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX3 8SD, England

SE 13036 25661

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 2762
Description: Obelisk of rough granite with steps leading up either side, all set at the head of 12 acres of parkland with trees. Two bronze plaques carry the commemoration.
Inscription: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED AND THIS STRAY DEDICATED/TO THE PUBLIC FOREVER IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE RESIDENTS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND IN GRATITUDE TO THOSE SURVIVORS/WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1918/ AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY 1939-1945

Unveiled

September 1923

Rt. Hon. J.H. Whitley MP, Speaker of the House of Commons

Dedicated

September 1923

Bishop Frodsham DD, Vicar of Halifax

Obelisk

Height: 9500mm

Width: 4500mm

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Plaques

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 424