Memorial

Farsley - WW1 and WW2

Farsley memorial

Source: Copyright John Hendry

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Current Location

corner of Bagley Lane, Farsley Dental Practice (ex-UDC offices), Town Street, Farsley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS28 5JP, England

SE 21802 35476

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 29247
Description: FIGURE OF A SOLDIER IN CAP AND GREATCOAT, IN MOURNING POSE WITH HEAD BOWED AND RIFLE REVERSED, ON RECTANGULAR PLINTH AND FIVE STEPPED BASE. COMMEMORATION ENGRAVED ON FACE OF PLINTH AND FACES OF SECOND AND THIRD STEP.
Inscription: 6 o'clock:-1914 - 1919/ IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/ OF FARSLEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ "ETERNAL HONOUR GIVE TO/ THOSE WHO DIED"/ AND IN THE WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ ERECTED BY/ PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION JUNE 1921 3 o'clock:- (Names) 9 o'clock:- (Names) 12 o'clock:- (Names)

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 87-88 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK