Memorial

Sacred Heart and St Bernard RC Church, Halifax - WW1

Memorial

Source: St Bernard's Church, Halifax

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Current Location

RC Church of the Sacred Heart and St Bernards, Range Bank, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX3 6DU, England

SE 09289 26016

Roman Catholic

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Type of Memorial: Church Fabric / Fittings
WMR Reference Number: 29408
Description: Alabaster Reredos and Altar. Reredos is ornate, topped with finial and canopy. Sculpted figures in centre of Reredos of Christ Crucified and Mary with Cross behind. Further niches holding figures either side of central scene. Tablets to sides of niches bear the names and commemoration in incised, gilt lettering. Carved scene at front of Altar of Angel leaning over fallen soldier, reflecting scene above of Mary and Jesus.
Inscription: Left Tablet- OF YOUR CHARITY, PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF/ THE FOLLOWING HEROES WHO DIED FIGHTING/ FOR THE WORLD'S FREEDOM, 1914-1919, AND IN/ WHOSE MEMORY THIS ALTAR IS DEDICATED/ (NAMES) Right Tablet - (Names)/ "MAY THEY REST IN PEACE"

Figures

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Unknown

Altar

Made from: Alabaster

Condition: Unknown

Reredos

Height: 3600MM

Width: 4500MM

Depth: 1000MM

Made from: Alabaster

Condition: Unknown

Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 157