Memorial

Hebden Bridge Soldiers And Ambulance Volunteers - Boer War

Memorial

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Current Location

In the entrance, Hebden Bridge Community Association (formerly Area Council Offices), St Georges Street, Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX7 7BY, England

OS Grid Reference

SD 99241 27332

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2839
Description: Large rectangular brass plaque with incised and enamelled border. Whole is set within a triangular pedimented wooden frame. Foliate and floral design carved border on the plaque. Flowers in red and while enamel. Enamelled shields in each corner, arms of York and England in the top part and badges of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the East Lancashire in the bottom.
Inscription: THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED / BY THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE HEBDEN BRIDGE & DISTRICT / WAR FUND / IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING / LOCAL SOLDIERS AND AMBULANCE VOLUNTEERS / WHO FELL IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902 / (Names) / AND IN HONOUR OF OTHER LOCAL RESERVISTS / WHO READILY RESPONDED TO THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL / AND OF OTHER THIRTY-ONE MEMBERS OF THE / HEBDEN BRIDGE ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE WHO / VOLUNTEERD FOR ACTIVE SERVICE AND RENDERED / EFFECTIVE AIDTO THE SICK & WOUNDED IN THE WAR / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Commemoration

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 5
Died: 5
Information shown: Rank, initial, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death date of death
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname.

Conservation

Components

Frame

Height: 1575mm

Width: 725mm

Made from: Wood - Mahogany

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Further Information

Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 601