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Latitude: 53.7323 / 53°43'56"N
Longitude: -2.1353 / 2°8'7"W
OS Eastings: 391171
OS Northings: 426215
OS Grid: SD911262
Mapcode National: GBR FTJ8.HT
Mapcode Global: WHB8C.5GG4
Plus Code: 9C5VPVJ7+WV
Entry Name: Cornholme War Memorial
Listing Date: 21 September 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1429152
ID on this website: 101429152
Location: Vale Baptist Church, Cornholme, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, OL14
County: Calderdale
Civil Parish: Todmorden
Built-Up Area: Cornholme
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Cornholme St Michael and All Angels
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Memorial
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
The memorial stands in the burial ground of Vale Baptist Church, facing the main road to the north and separated from the pavement by the burial ground’s railings. The tall monument consists of a statue of an Angel of Peace in white marble, with arms outstretched. That stands on plinth of Yorkshire sandstone, which is raised on a square, three-stepped, base. The base stands on a broader, square step within a small, kerbed, pavement.
On the front face of the plinth the principle inscription reads ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN/ OF CORNHOLME WARD/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THE CAUSE OF/ FREEDOM/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919. Around the top step of the base a series of inscriptions read “AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN/ THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.”, “MAY THEIR REWARD BE AS GREAT/ AS THEIR SACRIFICE” and “TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND,/ IS NOT TO DIE”.
The names of 131 men who fell during the First World War are commemorated on the remaining three faces of the plinth. The legend 1939 – 1945 is carved into the front face of the middle step of the base. The names of 27 men who died during the Second World War are commemorated on the remaining faces of the middle step. All inscriptions are incised and painted black.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 31 January 2017.
Cornholme War Memorial was executed by Messrs Hargreaves, monumental masons of Bacup, and was paid for by public subscription. The memorial was raised to commemorate the servicemen from Cornholme Ward who had died fighting during the First World War. It was unveiled on 11 September 1920 by Alderman E Crabtree. Following the end of the Second World War an inscription was added to the base commemorating those who fell in that conflict. Conservation and repair work was carried out in 2014, funded by War Memorials Trust.
Cornholme War Memorial, situated at Vale Baptist Church, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* Historic Interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
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