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