Situated in Green Park in the town centre of Heckmondwike.
The periods commemorated are 1914-1919, 1939-1945 and the Korean War of 1950-1953.
This memorial is in the shape of an octagonal four tier base with a tall column in the shape of a cross.
Inscriptions
The top tier inscription reads:
1914 1919
To the glory
of God
and in honoured
memory of the men
of Heckmondwike
who gave their
lives that others
might live in
freedom.
Let those who come after
see to it that their names
are not forgotten.
The middle tier depicts the Burma Star below which an inscription reads:
Burma Star Assoc.
"When you go home tell them of us and say
for your tomorrow we gave our today."
The Kohima Epitaph
The lower tier inscription reads:
1939 1945
To the glory of God
and in proud memory of
the men of Heckmondwike who paid the
supreme sacrifice
"Their names liveth for evermore."