Salvation+Army

Keighley, Salvation Army Citadel, Brass Plate - 9 names from WW1 Location:- High St, near the junction of the A 629 (Bridge St) & the B6143 (Oakworh Rd) N.G.R.:- SE 050410 Access :- Thurs A.M. (Playgroup) or Service times Visited :- 12 March 1998 Unveiled :- late November 1922 by Capt F.L. Smith of Keighley Description : - Brass tablet approx 2ft x 18ins on an oak background

In Memory of The Keighley Citadel Comrades Who were killed in The Great War 1914 - 1918

Harold Bell May 3rd 1915 John Lythe May 4th 1916 William J. Jakeway July 29th 1916 John Lilley 1916 John Powis Sept 28th 1916 Walter Whitaker Nov 5th 1916 Stanley Williamson Apl 28th 1917 William Kilbey 1917 Albert Midgley Oct 11th 1918

Between the words "Keighley" and "Citadel" is the badge of the Salvation Army, and at the side of the names, left side "saved" and "Suffered", and on the right "Sacrificed and "Triumphed"

Ref Keighley News, Sat Nov 25th 1922 ...........eight of these were at one time members of the corps band

The tablet was originally in the Salvation Army premises in Cooke Lane, and was moved to the present new building (Date ??)