Combined World War I And World War II Memorial – Luddenden Foot, UK - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The memorial has two parts - an obelisk commemorating World War I and a World War II memorial garden.

The WWI obelisk was originally erected in 'The Mount of Remembrance' slightly outside the centre of town in 1921, a time when this park did not exist.

In 1951 voluntary donations were collected to create a memorial garden in the park to commemorate WWII. This consisted of a small formal garden and a dressed stone wall bearing an inscription and names of the fallen from the Second World War.

A decision was made to move the WWI monument and place it in front of the WWII memorial, the park being a more central and convenient site for it.

The WWI obelisk inscription reads:

IN
MEMORY OF

LUDDENDEN FOOT MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM.
ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS
JULY 1921.

Beneath is the added inscription:

THIS MEMORIAL WAS REVERENTLY TRANSFERRED FROM
"THE MOUNT OF REMEMBRANCE" IN ACCORDANCE WITH
PUBLIC MANDATE AND BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION
              REDEDICATED 7TH JULY 1951.

Other sides of the obelisk carry the names of the fallen, and beneath the last the inscription

THEY SLEEP
WITH ENGLAND'S HEROES
IN THE WATCHFUL CARE
OF GOD.

The names inscribed on the WW1 memorial are.

Face 1

William Alderson
R.T. Baker
Charles Barret
t Edgar Boardall
Willie Calvert
Robert Dunford
Charles Essam
Ernest Farrer
Thomas Finnigan
William Finnigan
Robert Gibson
Harry Glassbrook
Jack Gold
Harry W. Graham
Frank Green
Harry Haigh
Walter Heaton
Arthur Helliwell
Albert Helliwell
Fred Heron
Isaac G. Heron
Milton Hitchen
Abm. Howarth
Tom Ingham
Frank Iredale
Harold Iredale
Joseph Jackson

Face 2

Paul Law
Alfred Lee
John E. Major
Alec Marsden
Joseph T. Mitchell
John C. Mortimer
James Mortimer
Thomas Murty
Willie O'Donnell
Thomas Padden
Wallace Parker
James Pearsall
Albert Priestley
Arthur Smith
Frank Sutcliffe
Jack C. Sykes
Arnold Taylor
Willie Taylor
Dyson Thomas
Frank Thorpe
Harry Turner
David Walton
William Walton
Shadrach Walton
Joe Ward
Pat Ward
Hy. Washington
C.F. Washington
W. Rowan

Face 3

John Carroll
Michael Carroll
Ernest Greenroyd
William Cavanagh
James Cavanagh
J.W. Robertshaw
John W. Ogden

The WWII central wall inscription reads

THIS MEMORIAL GARDEN
WAS PROVIDED BY
VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION
IN SACRED MEMORY OF
LUDDENDEN FOOT MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

THESE GAVE THEIR BEST
SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE.

A plaque to each side contains names of the fallen as follows.

Plaque 1

James Appleton
Jack Barker
Colin Booth
William Briggs
Alan Clark
Fred Cookson
Frank Fletcher
Ledgard Goodall
Eric Hanson
Dominick Madden
Bartholomew Mahon

Plaque 2

Leslie Norris
Wilbert Priestley
Alfred Riley
John Robertshaw
Terrence J. Savage
Henry T. Sawford
Walter Smith
Peter R. C. Sykes
Fred Thorpe
John N. Whitworth
John H. Hives

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 07/01/1921 Private or Public Monument?: Government Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Luddenden Foot Urban District Council Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Luddenden Foot Public Park Station Road Luddenden Foot, West Yorkshire United Kingdom HX2 6DN Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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