Memorial

Keighley - WW1

cIan Walkden34 2013

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Current Location

Library is near Civic Centre. The book of remembrance is upstairs in Keighley local section., Keighley Public Library, North Street, Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD21 3SX, England

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SE 06018 41362

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 28729
Description: Bound Book of Remembrance with inscription in caligraphy, with red and black ink. Book held in purpose-built glass case. Additional book added in 1998 with two names within.
Inscription: Cover: 1914/ 1918 Page: Borough of Keighley/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ The Great War/ 1914-1918/ They whose Names are herein set forth/ at the call of King and Country, left/ all that was dear to them, endured hard-/ ness, faced danger, and finally passed out/ of the sight of men by the path of duty &/ self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives/ that others might live in freedom./ Let those who come after, see to it that/ their Names be not forgotten./ Page: This Book contains the/ Roll of Honour of the/ Borough of Keighley/ Dated October 1924./ (Names) Page: Borough of Keighley Roll of Honour/ Pages: (Names) Page: SEE YE TO IT/ that these shall/ not have died/ in vain/ Additional Book, Page: SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME/ This book contains names added to the Roll of Honour of the Borough of Keighley/ from 1998 onwards.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 908
Died: 908
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,additional
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): EDWARD JOHNSTON, Calligrapher
Maintenance History: 1998, 18 January: Name added to book. Late 1920s: Two pages of names added to book.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

1924

UNKNOWN

Presented

18 January 1998

RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN

Conservation

Custodian: Bradford Council, as of 1997

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