Memorial

Borough Of Morley

The Memorial

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Current Location

Scatcherd Park, Queen Street, Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS27 8EE, England

SE 26275 28021

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Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 148
Description: BRITANNIA HOLDING TRIDENT ALOFT IN RIGHT HAND SURMOUNTING SQUARE PEDESTAL, POSSIBLY HOLDING AN EAGLE WITH WINGS SPREAD IN HER LEFT HAND. BEHIND IS WALL BEARING NAME PANELS.
Inscription: ON PEDESTAL OF FIGURE: REMEMBER/ THE MEN OF THIS/ BOROUGH OF MORLEY/ WHO SEEKING THE/ WELFARE OF THEIR/ COUNTRY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR AND/ ARE NOW RESTING BEYOND THE SEAS ON WALL: / 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)

Maker(s): Mr Walter Gilbert of Birmingham, Sculptor
Costs: £2000
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 1952, September: General Purpose Committee minute their decision not to spend funds on floodlighting the memorial. 1949, October: Wrights of Bradford appointed to cut the names of Second World War casualties. 1948, November: Morley Borough General Purpose Committee minutes record approval for the addition of Second World War names to the memorial. Names are to be gathered by the townhall and submitted by 1st January 1949.

Unveiled

21st May 1927

Alderman J. King, chairman of the War Memorial Committee