Memorial
Dewsbury
Current Location
CROW NEST PARK, Boothroyd Lane, Dewsbury, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, WF13 2LL, England
OS Grid Reference
SE 23302 21621
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Tower
- WMR Reference Number
- 29119
- Description
- Base surmounted by round tower with internal vault and piers supporting a capitol. In the centre is a tripod candle holder. Doorway on one side of the memorial with decorative grille. Whole stands on a large paved base with three steps leading up to it. WW2 names placed on a low wall on either side of the base Dewsbury coat of arms carved in relief above the dedicatory inscription
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: THIS MONUMENT WAS/ ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE/ FOR ALL TIME/ THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF/ THIS ANCIENT BOROUGH/ KILLED/ DURING THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1919 -- 1939 - 1945/ FECIT EOS IN GENTEM UNAM 12 O'CLOCK FACE: HONOUR/ LOVE DUTY/ SACRIFICE OTHER FACES: (NAMES) 3 O'CLOCK: WALL: (NAMES) 9 O'CLOCK: WALL: (NAMES)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1070
- Died
- 1070
- Information shown
- Initial, surname
- Order of names
- surname
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Additional Information
- VC is for H Waller. JW Ormsby VC died in 1952 but won his VC in France 1917 not to be confused with JW Ormsby commemorated here.
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 216
- Died
- 216
- Information shown
- Initial, surname
- Order of names
- surname
- Maker(s)
ERIC ARTHUR, Designer
C WHITEHEAD AND SONS, Builder
- Maintenance History
- GRAFITTI ON THE MEMORIAL BUT OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION
Ceremonies
Unveiled
6th September 1924
LT General Sir Walter P Braithwaite
Dedicated
6th September 1924
Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Rededicated
20 May 2012
Mayor of Kirklees, Counsellor Eric Firth
Previous Location(s)
Longcauseway, Dewsbury, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, WF13 1PT, England
OS Grid Reference
SE 24704 21681
Year of move
c1990
Reason for move
Memorial stone erected in town centre in mid 1990 as a rendezvous after Remembrance Sunday services to avoid the long march (c 1 mile) to the war memorial in Crow Nest Park. It reads:- IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THOSE WHO DIED / IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
- Custodian
- KIRKLEES METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
Components
- Tower
Height: C 7,000MM
Width: 12,760mm
Depth: 12,760mm
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Carter Postcard Collection A sailor who died in an accident in WW2 has been added to the memorial - source from Royal Naval Association July 2012