Memorial

Luddendenfoot - WW1 and WW2

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Current Location

Holmes Park, Station Road, Luddendenfoot, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX2 6DJ, England

SE 03684 24987

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 2625
Description: Rough-hewn stone obelisk with chiselled margins set on a square plinth bearing an inscription and names on 3 panels. Memorial stands on four-stepped rock-faced stone base. Backing the obelisk is a stepped dressed stone wall bearing tablets commemorating the WW2 fallen.
Inscription: Obelisk: IN/ MEMORY OF/ LUDDENDEN FOOT MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM/ ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS/ JULY 1921/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS REVERENTLY TRANSFERRED FROM "THE MOUNT OF REMEMBRANCE" IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC MANDATE AND BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION REDEDICATED 7TH JULY 1951./ (Names)/ THEY SLEEP WITH ENGLAND'S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD Wall: THIS MEMORIAL GARDEN/ WAS PROVIDED BY/ VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION/ IN SACRED MEMORY OF/ LUDDENDEN FOOT MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ THESE GAVE THEIR BEST/ SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE/ (Names)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 62
Died: 62
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname (some names out of order)
Additional Information: Hornshaw and Fowler stated there were 56 WW1 names - the total excluding the 6 named on the reverse panel - but listed 62, a number confirmed both by War Memorials Online and photographs taken by Malcolm Bull (see References)

Rededicated

7th July 1951

Local Clergy/Dignitaries