Addressed to Mr Geo Greenwood, Pecket Well. Reads "Dear Geo, this is only half of our men. They are only PTE's. We had 119 more wounded came in on Sat. We are having lovely weather. Just going to church now, you have to go once on Sundays" Signed…
Dedication and unveiling of the new head on the memorial to the unknown soldier at Mytholmroyd, Sunday 16th October 2011. The parade from St Michae'ls Square to the memorial gardens was led by "old soldiers" from the Manchester Regiment in World War…
Dedication and unveiling of the new head on the memorial to the unknown soldier at Mytholmroyd, Sunday 16th October 2011. The parade from St Michael's Square to the Memorial Gardens was led by "old soldiers" from the Manchester Regiment in World War…
Dedication and unveiling of the new head on the memorial to the unknown soldier at Mytholmroyd, Sunday 16th October 2011. "Old soldiers" from the Manchester Regiment in World War I uniforms on parade.
Dedication of the new head on the memorial to the unknown soldier at Mytholmroyd, Sunday 16th October 2011. The unveiling was carried out by Barbara Jeffrey whose father, Gilbert Hartley had opened the garden in 1922.
In September/October 1992, vandals twice attacked the statue of the soldier on Mytholmroyd’s Grade 2 listed War Memorial. The first attack removed the soldier’s rifle (subsequently found in bushes close by); in the second attack, he lost his head.…