North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Silsden

The Town War Memorial in Silsden
(Photo : Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>)

Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>) has photographed the Town War Memorial in Silsden. The Memorial is situated in a pleasant small garden adjacent to the library and with a small car park to the other side. It is on the left, coming from Addingham, in the town centre.

There are 105 names etched to three sides of the column for the Great War. The WW2 names are on the the right side plinth. Interestingly, the inscription on the base of the Memorial records that 603 men returned to Silsden at the end of the Great War, against the 105 who died.

Only one name of a soldier from the Yorkshire Regiment is recorded for the Great War, - Private Percy Lambert.

Private Percy Lambert, 34851. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (formerly 86203 91st T R Battalion). Son of Thomas and Selina Lambert, of 17, Elliott St., Silsden, Keighley, Yorks. Killed 11 April 1918. Aged 19.
Born Silsden (Yorks), Enlisted Keighley, Resided Silsden.
Buried CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK.
(A photo and further details on Percy Lambert can be found on http://www.cpgw.org.uk/viewDetail.cfm?sID=343-01)

Private Lambert's Name on the War Memorial in Silsden
Photo : David Larkin of the War Memorials On Line website

The Dedication on the base of the War Memorial in Silsden
(Photo : Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>)

The Dedication to Those from Silsden Who Served and Returned
(Photo : Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>)

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