{"id":2656,"date":"2026-01-10T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:37:48","slug":"allerton-bywater-war-memorial-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2656","title":{"rendered":"Allerton Bywater War Memorial – Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Junction of Station Road and Main Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The monument was Erected in 1920 in memory of the men who fell in the 1914-18 war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a Hexagonal column of Portland Stone is 22 feet high crowned with a Maltese Cross, and is set upon a plinth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bronze<\/a> angels mounted on faces either side of the main inscription, one holding a sword and the other a wreath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The other sides have name panels of local men who died in WW1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allerton Bywater collieries panel is separate and laid at an angle at the base<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dedicated to men who worked at the colliery but lived outside the village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It cost \u00a31000 to build and the money was raised by public subscription<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PEACE CELEBRATION and  WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE<\/strong>
1918  –  1920<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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S. Dunwell, P. Blight, Jas. Robinson, J.B. Hudson, W. Ward, F.Linley, Hbt. Rhodes, J.W. Simpson, E. Williams, E. Brooks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy. Crossland, Jr., Joe Cowell, F. Phillips, T. Webster, Geo. Phillips, J. Elsworth, M.P. Haigh, Hy. Hague, T. Wainwright, J.T. Willis, F. Fenton,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T. Wood, A. Jackson, G. Willis, Hy. Crossland, Senr., The Vicar, The Lord Bishop of Knaresborough, Walter Robinson, I. F. Roslyn, R.B.S., W. Dooley, P.R. Naylor, W. Smith, E. Andrews,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jas. Bowers, Wm. Robinson, A. Muscroft.                                                                                     G. Linley, Hy. Jackson, R. Farrell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also presented a small medal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These Gold Medallions were probably, only given out to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military Medal Winners from Allerton Bywater<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They were approx.. 25mm. ( 1 inch ) in diameter and made of 9 CARAT GOLD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOLLOWING W.W.2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A FURTHER PLAQUE WAS ADDED in memory of the men who fell in the 1939 \u2013 1945 CONFLICT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Later work was carried out around the plinth adding a small elevated flower bed, surrounded by a low stone wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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