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Reference no. 1231979
Description: War Memorial opposite Ripponden Post Office
Address: War Memorial Oldham Road Ripponden Sowerby Bridge Calderdale
Grade: II
Group detail: Oldham Road (west side) Ripponden
Full description:
War memorial probably c1922 when many other similar monuments were erected in the area. Rock faced granite plinth with marble inset slabs surmounted by carved stone statue of soldier in 1st World War battle-dress. Plinth in form of tappering obelisk with tablets on all 4 faces recording the names of the fallen of the 1914-1919 war and 1939-1945. Prominently sited above the road in the town centre.
