Memorial
Greetland
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Current Location
Plaque in the housebody room, Clay House, Rochdale Rd, Greetland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England
OS Grid Reference
SE 09769 21486
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- Type of Memorial
- Other structure
- WMR Reference Number
- 2830
- Description
- Clay House and the grounds used to be a community centre, museum and health centre and now acts as a war memorial. Two dedicatory bronze plaques have been placed inside. The WW1 plaque, with the inscription below it, is set above the additional, plain WW2 plaque and depicts in relief a battlefield scene with two gun teams passing thirteen infantry men marching with rifles slung.
- Inscription
- WW1 Plaque: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GREETLAND / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR. / (Names) / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" WW2 Plaque: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 73
- Died
- 73
- Information shown
- Surname, forename, initials
- Order of names
- Alphabetically by surname
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 35
- Died
- 35
- Information shown
- Initials, forename
- Order of names
- Alphabetically by surname
- Custodian
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Components
- Plaque
Height: 1060mm
Width: 1560mm
Made from: Brass, Bronze
Condition: Good
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 509.