Like hundreds of communities up and down the country, Honley set about erecting a memorial to the fallen of the Great War. The location selected was in some ways not the obvious, somewhere central in the village. Rather, the quiet solitude of the cemetery at Green Cliff was chosen, with the white granite obelisk being placed near the entrance.

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On the day of unveiling, large crowds gathered in the traditional meeting place of Towngate at 2.30 pm, before processing up Church Street to the cemetery. There, one of the village’s leading military gentlemen, Lt Col Clement Armitage performed the ceremony with the foremost citizens of the village also taking part. Relatives of those commemorated joined in the unveiling ceremony with local councillors, Guardians and representatives of the many public bodies in the village and, as can be seen from the accompanying photograph, hundreds of villagers.

The organisation of the procession was in the hands of George Borwell, the village headmaster. The accompanying newspaper report reveals details of the ceremony. Remembrance Sunday each year sees a service at the war memorial.