Unveiling:
This memorial was unveiled on Saturday 30th October, 1920. Less than three weeks later a storm broke the top half of the column off and this had to be replaced, this was reported in the Keighley News at the time.
An unusual incident in 1920 also occurred next to the war memorial when the war trophy of a captured German field gun was shoved into the nearby beck. Nobody was arrested for it and eventually it was moved away. Clearly Steeton folk didn’t want to be reminded of the war and may have considered the gun as disrespectful, with it being so close to their new war memorial.
Description:
This consists of a small, wheeled cross on the top of a tall tapering stem which is set on a capped plinth with columnar sides and a chamfered block base.
The main plinth holds a wreath in relief and dedication on its front and WW1 names on sides with the base showing WW2 details as listed below. There are also some memorial gardens located at the nearby churchyard of St Stephen’s.
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Newspaper photo of the damaged war memorial appears by courtesy of Keighley Library – (BK424)
Great War names, as displayed on the panels:
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| STEETON
William Astle |
T. Hinckley Ralph Hodgson William Ireland Richard Lambert J. Archie Metcalfe Arthur Moule Thomas S. Moyle Ewart G. Myers Willie Naylor John Nelson Jackson Nicholson Richard Nicholson Harry Oliver Arthur B. Parry Wilfrid Rishworth Thomas N. Robson William O. Robson Henry Shackleton Fred Sharp Arthur Smith Herbert Stott William Henry Teale Harry Vintner James Wade |
James Walker Norman Watson J. Clarence Wilson George Wilson John William Wilson EASTBURN Tom Baldwin Fred Carleton Arthur Ellison Willie Ellison Harry Grimston Maurice Hargreaves Tom Haxton Eshton Heywood Thomas Shuttleworth Tom Spencer Tom Thomson Squire Topham Alfred Townson Victor Tuck Cameron Wilson |
Second World War names:
| 1939 – 1945 STEETON W. Cockshott D. H. Gathercole J. Hodgson C. M. Horsfall H. Lambert R. Smith |
EASTBURN
T. W. Belton |
In the archives (BK424) at Keighley Library is a copy of the Order of Service for the unveiling.
We have photographed it with permission and include it here. Courtesy of Keighley Library:
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UNVEILING AND DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL and Presentation of the roll of honour |
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