Almondbury

Situated in front of Almondbury Parish Church opposite the junction of Fenay Lane / Westgate and Northgate.

The period commemorated is 1914-1919 and 1939-1945.

An Old English village cross in Clipsham stone, the base of which rests on four bold steps and is hexagonal. Total height is 19 feet.

Name tablets are cut in slate and incorporated into a curved wall immediately behind the cross.

The designer of the monument was by Sir Charles Nicholson, it was erected by Messrs Graham and Jessop Ltd and unveiled at an official ceremony on the 15th May 1921.

Inscriptions

The main inscription reads:

1914-1919 Remember the men of Almondbury
Who died for King and Country 1939-1945

The base of the cross reads:

Rest eternal grant them lord

Plaques and names

1914-1919

Plaque 1.

First NameLast Name
NoahAmbler
ArthurArmitage
WillieArmitage
LawrenceBailey
ErnestBalmforth
HarryBarraclough
Basil H.E.Beadon
PercyBenson
James F.Booth
OliverBooth
JoeBoothroyd
ThomasBoothroyd
StanleyBroadbent
William M.Brook
TomBurkitt
Walter E.Cawthra
ArthurChaloner
Ernest A.Chambers
Jas. W.Cliffe
Chas. Hy.Cocker
FriendCocker

1914-1919

Plaque 2.

First NameLast Name
JamesDawson
VincentDawson
ThomasDeakin
ErnestDearnley
AlbertDodsworth
ReynoldDonkersley
Harold F.Dyson
Albert E.Eastwood
George K.Eastwood
HarryField
Frederick W.Flinton
ThomasFlinton
NormanFox
PeterGalvin
ErnestHaigh
JackHannah
VictorHardy
WilfredHardy
FredHargreaves
SamHepworth
WilfredHirst
JoeEwing

1914-1919

Plaque 3.

First NameLast Name
Chas. A.W.Hill
H.Hodgson
Philip E.Holdsworth
StanleyHolland
ArthurHolt
HarryHoyle
ThomasHyde
George H.Inman
ErnestKaye
HaroldKeighley
P.Kennedy
FredKnight
HerbertKnight
Wm. Hy.Leigh
FrederickLevett
Frank J.Lister
WilliamLockwood
WilliamLodge
J.E.Lunn
HerbertMilnes
JoahMilnes

1914-1919

Plaque 4.

First NameLast Name
StanleyMilnes
Geo. H.Mitchell
ErnestMurphy
ThomasNetherwood
WilfredNoble
CecilPickering
Jos. Hy.Pickering
EdgarPooley
WilliePoppleton
NormanRainbird
Charles R.Ramsden
FrankRawlinson
FriendRaynor
LeonardRoebuck
Frank L.Rowe
Chris E.Routledge
FrankSchofield
F.H.Schofield
FrankShaw
FreddieShaw
FrankSheard

1914-1919

Plaque 5.

First NameLast Name
HarryShirtcliffe
OliverShort
AlbertSmith
R.T.Stocks
ArthurSykes
ErnestSykes
FrankSykes
GeorgeSykes
Jas. Hy.Sykes
JamesSykes
JohnSykes
RonaldSykes
John L.Tebb
Gilbert K.Thornton
H.Ward
GeorgeWilliamson
ArthurWilson
JoeWomack
JamesWomersley
HarryWood
James W.Woodhead
Thos. E.N.Wright
ArthurWood

1939-1945

Plaque 1.

First NameLast Name
JohnAinley
TrevorBatley
KennethBenson
DonaldBooth
EricBooth
TomBower
George H.Brook
GeorgeBriggs
Geoffrey F.Balmforth
NormanBeaumont
HerbertCockhill
DennisFirth
WilfredFisher
TrevorFountain
FrederickGreen
RaymondGreen
FrankHaigh
HarryHampshire
JackHallas
ErnestHepworth
James A.Hill
Owen E.Hulme
HarryJackson

1939-1945

Plaque 2.

First NameLast Name
Edmund V.Lowe
FrankMorley
J.W.Moss
Eric C.North
WilliamNorth
LesliePickering
PatrickPollock
BettyPrince
JamesRattigan
Frank C.Snowden
GeoffreyStead
George F.Stokes
AlfredSykes
FrankSykes
JackSwann
DanielSimpson
EricThewlis
JackThompson
CharlesThornton
RoyThorpe
WilliamWhite
NormanWhitehead
EdwardWhittell