Memorial
Crimean War Memorial, Sowerby
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Current Location
Northern aisle, St. Peter's Church, St. Peter's Avenue, Sowerby, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX6 1JZ, England
OS Grid Reference
SE 04305 23304
Denomination
Church of England
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 2859
- Description
- Wall mounted, white marble tablet with cornice, mounted on to a triangular headed grey slate backboard. Inscription in black lettering. Cannon and cannonballs, draped flag and sheathed sword carved in relief at the top
- Inscription
- SEBASTOPOL/ ALMA, BALAKLAVA, INKERMAN/ TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE BRAVE MEN/ FROM THE TOWNSHIP OF/ SOWERBY/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1854 AND 1855/ SO TRIUMPHANTLY ACHIEVED FOR/ THE LIBERTIES OF EUROPE./ (names)/ THY DEAD MEN SHALL LIVE, ISAIAH XXVI, 19/ ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION
- War
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Number Commemorated
- 10
- Died
- 10
- Information shown
- Regiment,forename, Surname
- Maker(s)
Fisher, Mason
- Sponsor Type
- public
- Custodian
- Vicar and church wardens of St. Peter's church
Components
- Backboard
Height: 1500mm
Width: 960mm
Made from: Slate
Condition: Good
- Tablet
Made from: Marble - White
Condition: Good
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 701