Pudsey Cenotaph
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1890-1997
Pudsey Cenotaph
Pudsey's cenotaph was dedicated by the bishop of Bradford in 1922 before a
crowd of almost 15,000. The 35 feet high monument in Portland stone
commemorates the 333 Pudsey men killed in the 1914-1918 war. The architects
were Messrs. Brierley and Rutherford of York whilst the bronze figure of a
private of the West Yorkshire Regiment was the work of Henry Poole of
London. Immediately before the dedication of the bronze figure, which had
been covered by a Union Jack, was unveiled by Pudsey's Mayor, Councillor
E.J. Byrd. The four tablets containing the names of those who had died were
similarly unveiled by children of the fallen. The cenotaph stands on the
site of the east end of the old Saints Chapel of ease which was demolished
in 1879. The steps on the south side however, reach out into the old
graveyard. Bones recovered in the excations were collected an sealed in a
vault beneath the memorial. A lead coffin encased in brick was left intact.
Most of the old tombstones were removed to St. Lawrence churchyard.
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