An afternoon to celebrate the unveiling of the new head for the soldier on the war memorial at Mytholmroyd. Rev James Allison and local school children.
Unveiling the War Memorial at Mytholmroyd, 2nd July 1922. A brass band in attendance. Red Acre gas works can be seen on left. The inscription says: 75 men lost in the Great War. 75 tragic homes. 75 young women without a husband.
The War Memorial at Smeakin Hill to the 33 men of Wadsworth who lost their lives in the war of 1914 – 1918 was unveiled on 23rd September 1923 by Major Robert H. Barker.
Roughly based on Stoodley Pike, it is an obelisk 41 feet high (Stoodley is 120…