War Memorial Approximately 200 Metres East Of Church Of St Chad

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SE2736NE OTLEY ROAD, Far Headingley 714-1/59/668 (West side) War Memorial approximately 200 metres east of Church of St Chad

GV II

War memorial. c1920. Ashlar. Octagonal steps, plinth and cross base, tall tapering chamfered cross, curved rear screen wall on W side approx 1m high with end piers approx 2m high, overall length 6m. '1914/ 1918' inscribed on cross base; an oval bronze plaque is fixed on the S end pier of the screen wall and has raised lettering: 'IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF FAR HEADINGLEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-18'. A list of 76 names and 'I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE'. A plaque on the N pier has 28 names from the 1939-45 war. On the N face of this pier a plaque commemorates the establishment of the St Chad's Garden of Rest, laid out by Mr JW Wootton in May 1938.

Listing NGR: SE2750936914

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 1 February 2017.