Memorial
Birchencliffe
Current Location
MEMORIAL GARDEN, ST PHILIPS CHURCH, Halifax Rd, Birchencliffe, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
OS Grid Reference
SE 118 188
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Sundial
- WMR Reference Number
- 52613
- Description
- TWO STEPPED PLINTH SURMOUNTED BY A YORKSHIRE STONE SUNDIAL WITH INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES.
- Inscription
- SOUTH SIDE: ERECTED TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 NORTH SIDE: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING,/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM OTHER SIDE: (NAMES)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 25
- Died
- 25
- Information shown
- surname
- Order of names
- surname
- Maintenance History
- 2002: THE MEMORIAL WAS MOVED FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION BY THE NORTH WEST DOOR TO ITS CURENT LOCATION AS IT WAS DEEMED A MORE APPROPRIATE LOCATION. THE MEMORIAL WAS CLEANED DURING THE MOVE.
Ceremonies
Unveiled
25 September 1937
MAYOR OF HUDDERSFIELD
- Custodian
- ST PHILIPS CHURCH
Components
- Sundial
Height: 1060MM
Width: 830MM
Depth: 830MM
Made from: Stone - Yorkshire
Condition: Good
- BOOK: CROWTHER, DAVID "THE HISTORY OF ST PHILIP'S CHURCH, BIRCHENCLIFFE. THE FIRST 125 YEARS 1877 TO 2002" (2002)
- War Memorials Trust WM859 http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=287