This postcard view of Haworth from Bridgehouse seems composed to show off the new War Memorial unveiled in 1923.

A Haworth War Memorial committee had been formed early in 1923, pledged to commemorate those “who paid the supreme sacrifice during the recent war”.

Its chairman was a public-spirited Dr O H A Magga, one of its members Dr William James McCracken who, as a medical officer with the Royal Naval Division in 1915, had tended the dying poet Rupert Brooke on his way to Gallipoli.

Funds were promptly raised and the memorial erected, Bridgehouse being “Site No 3” chosen from several suggestions. The memorial, of British grey granite , was “Design No 152” out of a catalogue.

It was unveiled by Lieutenant-Colonel C M Bateman, of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, on Armistice Sunday of 1923. Haworth ex-servicemen marched to the ceremony, led by Dr McCracken.

The Haworth Public Prize Band accompanied hymns sung by a united choir, drawn from all the local places of worship, and the Rev T W Story, a former vicar of Haworth, dedicated the memorial.

The photograph has been supplied by Mr Ian Brierley, of Bridgehouse Lane, Haworth.