Keighley

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Reference WMO/120460

Address:

Town Hall Square

North Street

Keighley

BD21

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Allegory (eg: Victory)
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Keighley war memorial is a composite piece by Henry Fehr. A bronze victory figure stands atop a stone obelisk. At the sides are bronze figures of a sailor and soldier and a bronze plaque. The memorial is on a raised stone platform in Town Hall Square. It is Grade II* listed and is in Keighley town centre conservation area. Memorial sited at junction of Cavendish Street and South Street Square.
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'1914-1918 1939-1945 In proud and grateful memory of those men of Keighley who gave their lives in the Great War and the World War in the defence of freedom and justice. Their name liveth for evermore.' Additional stone plaque reads:- The Royal British Legion Millennium Year 2000 The Duke of Wellington's Regimental Association Keighley branch In memory of those who gave their lives in the service of their country They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.' Additional stone plaque 2012 reads:- ROYAL FLYING CORPS ROYAL AIR FORCE (with crests) IN MEMORY OF ALL FROM KEIGHLEY AND DISTRICT WHO DID NOT RETURN 'WHEN YOU GO HOME, TELL THEM OF US AND SAY FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TO-DAY'

Grade II* (England)

1313949

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Keighley Town Council

www.keighley.gov.uk