Memorial

Greetland

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Current Location

Plaque in the housebody room, Clay House, Rochdale Rd, Greetland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England

SE 09769 21486

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Type of Memorial: Other structure
WMR Reference Number: 2830
Description: Clay House and the grounds used to be a community centre, museum and health centre and now acts as a war memorial. Two dedicatory bronze plaques have been placed inside. The WW1 plaque, with the inscription below it, is set above the additional, plain WW2 plaque and depicts in relief a battlefield scene with two gun teams passing thirteen infantry men marching with rifles slung.
Inscription: WW1 Plaque: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GREETLAND / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR. / (Names) / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" WW2 Plaque: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

Plaque

Height: 1060mm

Width: 1560mm

Made from: Brass, Bronze

Condition: Good

Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 509.