Halifax War Memorial



Halifax War Memorial: In 1916, William Wormald Longbottom supported suggestions that Halifax War Memorial be sited in Bull Green.

The memorial was unveiled at Belle Vue on 15th October 1922 by Sir George Fisher-Smith.

It is a cenotaph, 25 ft high, weighs 130 tons, and was designed by Manchester architect H. Scott Davies, having been chosen from 60 entries which were entered in a competition.

It was originally erected in memory of 2000 Halifax men who died in World War I.

Fred Ackroyd
Noel Robt Akroyd
(possibly) James William Atkinson

Alfred Bailey
Joe Barker
Wm Barker
Willie Barnes
Robert Barron
Willie Bates
Chris Beaton
John Benson
Harry Binns
John Bloomer
Alfred Booth
Tom Booth
S. R. Bottomley
Tom Bretheric
Hor Butterfield

Wallace Charnock
Joe Child
C. R. Clegg
J. H. Clegg
S. W. Clegg
Allen Cockroft
Joe Cossley
John Crabtree
Willie Crabtree
Fred Crawford
Norris Crossley
Joe Culpan

Frank Davis
James Driver
Tom Dutton
Walter Dyson

Ed Eastwood
Robt Eastwood
Percy Emmett

Samuel Collins Farrar
Joe S. Fawthrop
John S. Fawthrop
Fred Field
A. E. Firth
Hy Firth
Percy Firth
Rowland Francis

Fred Garth
Thomas Gething
Joseph Gledhill
Norris Green

Geo W. Hainsworth
Walter Hainsworth
Ernst Halliwell
Frank Hardisty
E. Hirst
W. Holdsworth
Sam Holmes
Willie Holmes
Robert Horner
William Horsfall
Wilfred Howarth
James Hoyle

Thos Ineson
Geo Ingham
John Ingham

Willie Johnson

Herbert King

Walter Lawson
Lewis Laycock
Willie Lightowler
J. Lumb

Herbert Mansfield
Maurice Mansfield
Harold Marriott
Geo Marshall
Joeph Maude
Norman S. Maude
Wilfred Mckay
John Metcalfe
Clement Midgley
Lewis Midgley
C. S. Mitchell

Harrison Nellish
Wright Norfolk

Leonard Ore

Albert Pearson
Sam Pearson
Emperor Pickersgill
Albert Priestley
Arnold Priestley

Ed Richardson
Charles Ridehalgh
Thomas Ridehalgh
Joe Robey
Gerald A. Rothera
Albert Rushworth

Irwin Saltenstall
James Smith
Geo Summers
Harry Sutcliffe
Harry Sutcliffe
Horace Sykes
Irwin Sykes
Leonard Sykes

Henry Taylor
Harold Thomas
Percy Thomas
Wilfred Timewell
Chas Tordoff
Lewis John Turner

Percy Varley

Geo Wade
W. Walker
James Ward
Percy Waterhouse
E. O. Webster
Isaac Wells
A. R. Westwood
H. N. L. Westwood
Ed Wood
Herbert A. Wood
Sam Wood
Thos Wood
Hermon Woodhead
Joe Woodhead
Ath Wright

After World War II, further names were added in 1947.

The following people are/were listed here:



To be completed
 

 

Inscriptions read

To the gallant men of Halifax who gave their lives in the great war 1914-1918.

Dedicated 15th October 1922

and

Also to the gallant men and women of halifax who gave their lives in the world war 1939 – 1945.

Dedicated 9th November 1947

and

Korean War 1950-1953. Not one of them is forgotten before God

and

Yet is their hope full of immortality – Wisdom III

and

In memory of all who have given their lives in the service of their country

In 1953, there were proposals to move the cenotaph to George Square.

In 1987, when Belle Vue was sold, a decision was made to move the cenotaph. Possible sites were outside the council offices on Northgate, and the Woolshops entrance to the Piece Hall.

In August 1988, it was moved to its present site in Duffy's Park, just north of Halifax Parish Church.

In November 1988, it was rededicated at a ceremony led by the Right Reverend David Hope, Bishop of Wakefield




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