Memorial
St George's Church, Sowerby Bridge - WW1
Current Location
North aisle, St Peter's Church, 1, St Peter's Avenue, Sowerby, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX6 1HU, England
OS Grid Reference
SE 04283 23201
Denomination
Church of England
Names
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- Type of Memorial
- Church Fabric / Fittings
- WMR Reference Number
- 2863
- Description
- Altar and reredos with dedicatory oak board with cornice. Carved inscription on the board. Altar has crown of glory, English rose and fleur-de-lys on it. Reredos has Christ in glory standing on a globe and flanked by angels. The reredos was not brought from the now redundant St George's Church where the memorial was first placed.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PERPETUAL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 THE OAK ALTAR AND/ RERDOS IS ERECTED IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1922/ (NAMES)/ JESU-MERCY
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 50
- Died
- 50
- Information shown
- surname,forename,decorations
- Order of names
- surname,forename,decorations
- Maker(s)
MR H PERCY JACKSON, Sculptor
Rev B L Whitaker, Architect
H. Percy Jackson of Colney, Sculptor
- Maintenance History
- 1989: WHEN THE CHURCH WAS DECLARED REDUNDANT THE ALTAR AND BOARD WERE MOVED AND THE REREDOS WAS NOT RELOCATED
Ceremonies
Unveiled
17 September 1922
Col. Sir Edward N. Whitley KCB, CMG, DSO.
Dedicated
17th September 1922
Rev. B.L. Whitaker Vicar of St George's