Situated in Skelmanthorpe Cemetery at the junction of Busker lane and Highbridge Lane on the outskirts of the village and approximately 8 miles from Huddersfield town centre.
The periods commemorated are 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.
Inscriptions
The upper inscription reads:
In proud and ever living memory of the men of this village who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918
The lower inscription reads:
This Memorial also commemorates with proud gratitude the memory of the men of this village who gave their lives in the war of 1939-45
Plaques and names
1914-1918
Upper plaque upper inscription.
First Name Last Name
John W. Blackburn
Sam Ellis
Percy Fenton
Arthur Field
Joseph Wilson Field
Lawrence W. Field
Norman Field
Herbert Fisher
Percy Gledhill
Percy Haigh
Fred Hawkyard
Cecil John Howitt
Donald R.F. Jackson
Tom C. Littlewood
Irvin Lodge
Sidney Mathers
Frank Peel
Edwin Radley
Pearson Radley
Albert Senior
John Henry Senior
Eric Tunnicliff
Herbert Tyas
Joseph Wainwright
1914-1918: After the Armistice
Upper plaque lower inscription.
First Name Last Name
Thomas Earnshaw
Lawrence Lodge
Harry Senior
Hugh Patterson
1939-1945
Lower plaque.
First Name Last Name
R. Brian Armitage
Dennis Barrow
Leslie Fisher
Harry Hey
Edgar Horn
Jack Morley
Eric R. Senior
M. Vernon Senior
George Taylor
Fred Tyas