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    Memorial

    Lightcliffe, St Matthews Church - WW1

    Memorial

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    Current Location

    St Matthew's Church, Wakefield Road (A649), Lightcliffe, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX3 8SJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 13671 25418

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Herbert Addy

    • Milton Aspinall

    • Harry Aspinall

    • Herbert Aspinall

    • Sam Balmforth

    • Clement Baxter

    • William H Bentley

    • Sam Bentley

    • John R Berry

    • Joseph P Bolland

    • Fred Booth

    • Alban Bodley Mace

    • Robert B Brownrigg

    • Ernest Clegg

    • Raymond Crowther

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    Type of Memorial
    Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
    WMR Reference Number
    2763
    Description
    Wooden screen on west side of church. Central panel bears carved names in red. Inscription above and below names painted in gilt. Gothic canopy over central panel.
    Inscription
    TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL FOR GOD AND KING/ FOR RIGHT FREEDOM AND PEACE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ JESU MERCY/ SEE YE TO IT THAT THESE SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    59
    Died
    59
    Information shown
    Surname, Rank, Forename
    Order of names
    Surname
    War
    First World War - civilians
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Surname, Forename
    Additional Information
    May Hartley is also the only woman on this memorial
    Maker(s)
    • H Percy Jackson, Sculptor

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    21st September 1921

    Lt. Col. Sir George Armitage CMG DSO

    Dedicated

    21st September 1923

    Bishop Frodsham DD, Vicar of Halifax

    Components

    Screen

    Height: c3000mm

    Width: c6600mm


    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: Good


    • Halifax Weekly Guardian 10th April 1920 (plans), 10th September 1921 (p4), 24th September 1921 (pp3-4)
    • Calderdale War Dead - T R Hornshaw and M W Fowler, 1995 (Published privately). Memorial 425
    • Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion, http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/x89.html, accessed 4/1/23