War memorial

Morley War Memorial, Scatcherd Park

United Kingdom Morley Grade II listed building
Morley War Memorial, Scatcherd Park
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The Morley War Memorial is a British national war memorial situated in Scatcherd Park, Morley, Leeds, England. It was sculpted by Walter Henry Gilbert and cast by H.H. Martyn & Co., it was unveiled 21 May 1927 by Alderman Joseph Kirk and accepted by Mayor Alderman Thomas Marshall.

The war memorial was added to the National Heritage List for England on 17 June 1986 as a Grade II listed structure. This memorial commemorates the residents of Morley who were killed in the First World War, with 453 names, and in the Second World War, with 110 names. It was renovated in 2008 and rededicated 29 June the same year.