DENBY DALE WAR MEMORIAL

Detailed information for World War 1 & 2
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2014

Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire. The war memorial is in Wakefield Road, Denby Dale in a small garden through the public car park. It takes the form of a heagonal base mouthed with a shaft and wheel cross. It covers the urban districts of Denby and Cumberworth. There are 44 names for World War 1 and 11 for World War 2.

Photograph Copyright © Michael Booker 2004

THE
GREAT WAR
1914 TO 1919
IN MEMORY OF THE
FALLEN
FROM DENBY,
CUMBERWORTH
URBAN DISTRICT
THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD
AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM
NOR THE YEARS DISMAY
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE
SUN AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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Last updated 4 March, 2014