Memorial

St Jude's Parishioners, Halifax - WW1

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Current Location

Board is on East wall of porch, St. Jude's Church, Free School Lane, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX1 2XE, England

SE 08691 24055

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Church Fabric / Fittings
WMR Reference Number: 29416
Description: High Altar with reredos and screen. Associated board with names in porch: leaf motif around board. Gothic tracery around reredos and screen. High Altar inscribed L.H.S. with crown.
Inscription: Centre of Board: ST JUDES CHURCH/ 1914 - 1918/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ (NAMES)/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH Left and Right Panels: THESE ALSO SERVED IN THE FORCES/ (NAMES)/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THEIR SERVICE TO KING AND COUNTRY THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED 1920 On reredos: TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN IN THANKSGIVING FOR VICTORY AND PEACE RESTORED THE ALTAR AND REREDOS WERE ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD NINTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY REQUIEM ETERNAM DONA EIS DOMINE ET LUX PERPETUA LUCET EI CUM SANCTIS TUIS IN ETERNUM

Reredos

Height: 2700MM

Width: 6500MM

Made from: Wood - Oak

Condition: Good

Board

Height: 1150MM

Width: 1700MM

Made from: Wood - Oak

Condition: Good

Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 110
Halifax Evening Courier - Monday 11 October 1920 Page 3 ST. JUDE'S MEMORIAL. Dedication by Archdeacon How. ---