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The Low Moor War Memorial
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Chairman 8
The Low Moor War Memorial is a stone obelisk mounted on a stone plinth. The plinth bears the dedication and commemoration in incised lettering. The obelisk is located at the junction of Common Road and Cleckheaton Road in Low Moor.
82 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 29 in the Second World War.
2 names on the memorial are those of men who served in the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are extremely grateful to The Chairman 8 for permission to use his photographs of the memorial.
Private Albert Irwin Hoyle, 27088. 8th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Florence Cooper, of 7, Smith St., Hill
Top, Low Moor, Bradford, Yorks. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 20.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Low Moor (Bradford).
Buried DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Corporal Ramsden Pyrah. 20920. 10th Battalion Duke
of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 26966 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Albert and Hannah A. Pyrah, of Low Moor, Bradford. Killed 31 October
1918. Aged 26.
Born Bradford (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Low Moor (Yorks).
Buried GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE.
The Dedication on the Low Moor War Memorial
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Chairman 8
Private
Albert Hoyle's Name on the Low Moor War Memorial
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Chairman 8
Corporal
Ramsden Pyrah's Name on the Low Moor War Memorial
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Chairman 8
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