War Memorial At South End Of Memorial Drive

The war memorial at the south end of Memorial Drive in Meanwood, Leeds, was built around 1920 to commemorate those who fell in the First World War, with later alterations to honor the fallen of the Second World War. Designed by A.R. Powys for Walter Rowley, the memorial features a hammer-tooled gritstone base and a timber-framed, weather-boarded shelter topped with a stone slate roof that supports a bronze crucifix. The underside of the canopy is plastered and decorated with gold stars on a white background, with blue enamel in Christ's halo.

On the lower part of the rear wall of the shelter, there is carved lettering that reads: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PERPETUAL HONOUR OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18', along with a list of 46 names. It also includes the inscription: 'FORGET NOT THOSE WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ EVEN SO DID CHRIST/ MR WALTER ROWLEY OF ALDER HILL MEANWOOD GAVE THIS MEMORIAL/ HIS NEPHEW FELL AT VILLERS=BRETONNEUX, 24 APRIL 1918 RIP'. Additionally, a bronze plaque affixed to the stone base lists 46 names of those who died in the 1939-45 war. A.R. Powys was the brother of the then vicar of Holy Trinity Church and served as a long-time secretary of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.