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Documents held at WYAS, BradfordWar Memorials and Rolls of Honour(15D92) 1922 Programme for the unveiling of the Bradford War MemorialThe War Memorial was unveiled on Saturday 1 July 1922. The monument was designed by WalterWilliamson the City Architect, and is in the form of a cenotaph built from locally quarried stone from BoltonWoods Quarry. High on the front, the cross symbolises 'sacrifice', and a wreath containing the words 'ProPatri Mori' (they died for their country) symbolises 'grief'. Two bronze figures of a soldier and a sailor arerealistically represented, lunging forward with their rifles. The monument was unveiled on the 6th anniversaryof the first day of the Battle of the Somme when the Bradford 'Pals' Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regimentsuffered massive and severe casualties. The Roll of Honour contained 37,000 names, an astounding figurewhen it is realised that the crowd attending the unveiling numbered 40,000, just 3,000 more than the menlisted. Lieutenant Colonel Alderman Anthony Gadie, who served in France and was a former Lord Mayor ofBradford, carried out the official commemoration, with a dedication read by the Vicar of Bradford,Archdeacon W Stanton Jones (further information can be found at: http://www.roll-ofhonour.com/Yorkshire/Bradford.html,accessed 18/04/13).(24D83) 1921 Papers relating to the Bradford Roll of Honour (See 7D91 below)(30D87) 1918 Wibsey Wesleyan Reform Chapel Roll of HonourThis chapel has been demolished but the Roll of Honour - on a sheet of paper - has been removed from itsframe, folded into four and deposited (further information can be found at:http://www.sblha.com/whh_war.html, accessed 18/04/13).(7D91) 1914-1918 Bradford Council, Roll of Honour (alphabetical index cards)(WYB105/1) c1914 Photographs from the Roll of Honour for TennysonPlace/Tennyson Bethesda Chapel with names written on the back (comprises 62photographs)(BDP46/6/1/4) 12 November 1921 Faculty for the First World War Memorial, withdetailed coloured plan/drawing and letter (forms part of the Greengates St John theEvangelist parish records)This First World War Memorial, erected in 1921, was designed and executed by E Wright of Greengates andL F Roslyn of South Kensington, London. It consists of a square column in white Portland stone with acarved top on a stepped sandstone base, surmounted by a winged figure in bronze. The leading face bearsan incised inscription "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GREENGATES AND DISTRICT WHOGAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919", with a bronze laurel wreath above. On the threeother sides are bronze-coloured plaques with 80 names (further information can be found at: