Roll of Honour for the Keighley Prudential Assurance Company.
Imperial War Museum details:
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY (LOST)
UKNIWM Ref: 28678
Address:
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, COOKE ST., KEIGHLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND.
Type: ROLL OF HONOUR OR BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
OS Map Ref: SE 061 413
Physical Description:
FRAMED AND GLAZED ROLL OF HONOUR. REPLICA OF MEMORIAL IN THE COURTYARD OF THE LONDON OFFICE.
Wars Commemorated & People Remembered
War First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served & Returned 10
Died 1
Is this an exact count? Not known
How are the names ordered? Not known
What information is listed on the memorial? None
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM? No
Ceremonies
Date: 05TH MAY 1921
Role Performed By
UNVEILING LOCAL CLERGY/DIGNITARIES
Sponsorships
Sponsorship Type: None
Did this include a trust or scholarship? No
Did this include a roll of honour? NOT APPLICABLE
Cost of Site: Not known
Cost of Memorial: Not known
Comments on Costs:
Craftsmen
Name Occupation
KEIGHLEY SCHOOL OF ART DESIGNER
KEIGHLEY SCHOOL OF ART ARTIST
References
Co-ordinator’s Comments:
Comments: REF: KEIGHLEY NEWS, 07-MAY-1921 (see below)
Photographs: None
Other Documents: None
Form / Letter: F
Negatives: No
Drawings / Plans: No
Minutes: No
Keighley News Saturday 7th May 1921, page 10:
ROLL OF HONOUR UNVEILED
A Roll of Honour, placed in the Keighley office of the Prudential Assurance Company in Cooke Street, was unveiled on Wednesday afternoon by Mr. R. Lindley (the inspector for Yorkshire). Mr. Lindley remarked that over 9,000 of the men of the indoor and outdoor staffs of the company, joined the forces, and about 880 made the supreme sacrifice. The local Roll of Honour takes the form of a parchment, enclosed in an oak frame, and it is a replica of the memorial which is to be erected in the court yard of the London office. The lettering has been done by students of the Keighley School of Art. On the roll appears the names of eleven of the company’s men from the Keighley district who joined the colours. One was killed in action.
Possible names:
Our research has found a few men who worked for Prudential Assurance in the Keighley district before serving in the Great War.
They were as follows, and may have been named on this memorial:
Clapham, James Raymond (killed in action on 21st June 1917)
Caley, Ernest William (survived the war)
Howden, Herbert (survived the war)
Information sources:
Keighley News archives at Keighley Library.
Imperial War Museum. Ref: 28678.
Transcription by Andy Wade.
