Memorial

Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge - WW1

Plaque - Close Up from Left

Source: Copyright Gerard Liston

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Current Location

At corner of Hope Street and New Road (A646), HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, New Rd, Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX7 8EW, England

SD 99281 27177

Baptist

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 29386
Description: NOWY-HEADED BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD. INSCISED INSCRIPTION AND INCISED FOLIATE BORDER ON THE PLAQUE WITH WREATH INCISED IN THE TOP CENTRE
Inscription: 1914 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ (19 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ AND IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF 130 OTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ ERECTED BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THIS CHURCH

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 19
Died: 19
Information shown: forename, initials, decorations
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: Only the names of the 19 Fallen appear on the plaque. IWM also has and has recorded the names of 126 of those who served: it is not clear why this is 4 short of the 130 mentioned on the plaque.

Backboard

Height: 550MM

Width: 1075MM

Made from: Wood - Oak

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Calderdale War Dead, Hornshaw and Fowler, published privately in 1995, their memorial 606