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    Memorial

    St James The Great Church, Hebden Bridge - WW1 Plaque

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    Current Location

    On the arch of the south choir aisle., St. James the Great Church, Church Lane, Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX7 6DP, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 98440 27453

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Edmund L Ashworth

    • Eric Atack

    • William B Bamford

    • Wilson Butterworth

    • John W Clark

    • John W Dawson

    • Verney Gibson

    • Sidney Gibson

    • John H Greenwood

    • Fred Greenwood

    • Arthur Greenwood

    • Alexander Hacking

    • Frank Hartley

    • Herbert Hind

    • Frank Horsfield

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    2841
    Description
    Nowy-headed bronze plaque mounted onto a nowy-headed wooden backboard. Inscription in relief. Cross within a wreath at the top centre of the plaque. Flower heads in relief in each corner.
    Inscription
    I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO WORSHIPPED HERE/ AND GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD AND COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names)/ ETERNAL REST/ GRANT UNTO THEM O GOD/ AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL/ SHINE UPON THEM
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    31
    Died
    31
    Information shown
    Surname, forename
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    Additional Information
    These names also appear on IWM 2842 at the same location.
    Maker(s)
    • F Osborne and Co. Ltd, Designer

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    1st May 1921

    CLLR George Atack, Chairman of UDC

    Dedicated

    1st May 1921

    Rev J A Smith MA, Vicar of Luddenden Foot

    Custodian
    Vicar and Churchwardens

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 800mm

    Width: 430mm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Backboard

    Made from: Wood - Oak



    • Halifax Weekly Guardian 7 and 14 May 1921
    • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 603