Memorial
Hebden Bridge Soldiers And Ambulance Volunteers - Boer War
Memorial
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Current Location
In the entrance, Hebden Bridge Community Association (formerly Area Council Offices), St Georges Street, Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX7 7BY, England
OS Grid Reference
SD 99241 27332
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 2839
- Description
- Large rectangular brass plaque with incised and enamelled border. Whole is set within a triangular pedimented wooden frame. Foliate and floral design carved border on the plaque. Flowers in red and while enamel. Enamelled shields in each corner, arms of York and England in the top part and badges of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the East Lancashire in the bottom.
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED / BY THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE HEBDEN BRIDGE & DISTRICT / WAR FUND / IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING / LOCAL SOLDIERS AND AMBULANCE VOLUNTEERS / WHO FELL IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902 / (Names) / AND IN HONOUR OF OTHER LOCAL RESERVISTS / WHO READILY RESPONDED TO THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL / AND OF OTHER THIRTY-ONE MEMBERS OF THE / HEBDEN BRIDGE ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE WHO / VOLUNTEERD FOR ACTIVE SERVICE AND RENDERED / EFFECTIVE AIDTO THE SICK & WOUNDED IN THE WAR / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- War
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Number Commemorated
- 5
- Died
- 5
- Information shown
- Rank, initial, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death date of death
- Order of names
- Alphabetical by surname.
Components
- Frame
Height: 1575mm
Width: 725mm
Made from: Wood - Mahogany
Condition: Good
- Plaque
Made from: Brass
Condition: Good
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 601