Memorial
Blackley Baptist Church and School, Elland - WW1
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Current Location
In the porch, BLACKLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, Blackley Rd, Blackley, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX5 0TD, England
OS Grid Reference
SE 10165 19922
Denomination
Baptist
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 2837
- Description
- Three white marble tablets mounted onto a nowy headed red marble backboard. Centre tablet has a shaped top. Inscription in black lettering. Two rounded shelves flank the centre tablet.
- Inscription
- (Centre tablet): ERECTED / IN PROFOUND AND GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE MEN / FROM THIS CHURCH AND SCHOOL / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM / (Names) AND AS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE / NAMED IN THE SIDE PANELS / WHO SERVED IN THE WAR. (Left and right tablets): (Names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 101
- Served
- 83
- Died
- 18
- Information shown
- Surname, initial
- Order of names
- Alphabetical by surname.
- Custodian
- Yorkshire Baptist Association
Components
- Backboard
Height: 1180mm
Width: 2870mm
Made from: Marble - Red
Condition: Good
- Tablets
Made from: Marble - White
Condition: Good
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 516