Memorial

Thornton

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Current Location

Thornton Cemetery, Thornton Road (B6145), Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 3QB, England

SE 08866 32861

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Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 28518
Description: Figure of Victory with head bowed and arms outstretched, holiding wreath in each hand. On square plinth and two-stepped base. On east face the date 1918 within a wreath. The east and west sides of the plinth are stepped forward in the form of a broad Latin cross. To the west a bronze wreath encircles the date 1914, with a rectangular bronze panel below listing commemorated names. A bronze panel to the rear of the plinth and a small bronze panel on the rear of the base both list more commemorated names (those either originally omitted in error or who died subsequent to the war, in some cases of war-related illnesses or injuries). To the east, a precisely similar wreath encircles the date 1918 with another bronze name panel below. The memorial is enclosed by a low octagonal kerb defining a flower bed.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: IN MEMORY / OF OUR / HEROIC DEAD / 1914 / 1918 / ERECTED BY / THE PEOPLE OF THORNTON / UNVEILED AND DEDICATED / SEPTEMBER 30TH 1922. 9 o'clock face: 1914 (Names) 12 o'clock face: (Names) 3 o'clock face: 1918 / (Names) / THE SECOND WORLD / 1939 (Names) 1945

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 139
Served: 12
Died: 127
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname.
Additional Information: Many of the 12 died within a few years of returning from service, in some cases from war-related disease or injury.