A BRADFORD man has uncovered the design for a church war memorial drawn up in 1920 to honour those who died for their country in the First World War.
The document, which is drawn on fabric, is dated July, 1920, with the name of Empsall and Clarkson architects and surveyors printed on the bottom.
At the top, it says: “St John’s, Horton Lane, Bradford. Design for war memorial in oak.”
John Young, of Burnside Avenue, Shelf, found the design while looking through his late mother’s belongings.
He said: “I would like to find out whether it was ever built.”
The memorial design is inscribed as follows: “The men of this parish whose names are inscribed here died for their country in the war 1914-1918. This is the memorial of their honour and of our gratitude.”
The names shown on the design start with Captain Reginald Lupton and Lieutenant Robert Cecil Cordingley, and run down to Fireman Eli Buckley.
How Mr Young’s mother, Elizabeth McLean, had possession of the drawing is a mystery as she lived in Glasgow, but her father lived in Bradford for a time.
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