Memorial

High and Low Bentham - WW1 and WW2

The Plaque

Source: Copyright Craven's Part in the Great War

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Current Location

Town Hall (outside wall), 6, Station Road near Main Street junction, High Bentham, Craven, North Yorkshire, LA2 7LF, England

SD 66760 69231

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 29605
Description: Rectangular bronze plaque with raised lettering set in external wall of Town Hall.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ HIGH AND LOW BENTHAM/ WHO FELL IN THE TWO WORLD WARS/ 1914 - 1918/ (54 Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (20 Names)/"We will remember Them"

Plaque

Height: 760mm

Width: 1070mm

Depth: 10mm

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Bentham News Issue 362, December 2016, pages 20-22-for a full biography of William Henry Pollard (a WW1 casualty), also for a long article about the 33 WW1 Conc. Objectors from Bentham. Nine of these 33 were absolutists including 4 brothers-William, James, John and Stephen Towler of Foss Bank Farm, Tatham Fells and Mewith Head Hall, Bentham-Methodists and Quakers.
http://www.documentingdissent.org.uk/objectors/ (for more about Fred Crossley, CO from Bentham)