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    Memorial

    Luddendenfoot - WW1 and WW2

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    Current Location

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

    OS Grid Reference

    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)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    22
    Died
    22
    Information shown
    Surname, forename
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    Maintenance History
    2007 - Listed Grade 2

    Ceremonies

    Rededicated

    7th July 1951

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Components

    Obelisk

    Height: 5500mm

    Width: 1200mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Wall

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 721
    • War Memorials Online, https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/119958, accessed on 17/11/2022
    • Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion, http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/ph1446.html, accessed 17/11/2022