ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: closed
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat: 12 – 5pm
Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm
Address
Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: closed
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat: 12 – 5pm
Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm
Address
Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
LEEDS ART GALLERY
Opening Hours
Mon: Closed
Tues -Sat: 10am – 5pm
Sun: 11am – 3pm
Address
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AA
LEEDS CITY MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: closed (11am – 5pm on bank holidays)
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat & Sun: 11am – 5pm
Address
Leeds City Museum
Millennium Square
Leeds
LS2 8BH
Ticket Provider
LEEDS DISCOVERY CENTRE
Opening Hours
Visits by appointment/special event only.
Free public store tours are now available by booking in advance. Please call or email us.
Address
Leeds Discovery Centre
Off Carlisle Road
Leeds
LS10 1LB
LEEDS INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM
Opening Hours
Mon: Closed (10am – 5pm on bank holiday Mondays)
Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat – Sun: 12 – 5pm
Last admission one hour before closing.
Address
Canal Road
Leeds
LS12 2QF
KIRKSTALL ABBEY
Opening Hours
Mon: closed (10am – 4pm on bank holidays)
Tues – Sun: 10am – 4.30pm
Last admission: 4pm
Address
Abbey Road
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH
Ticket Provider
LOTHERTON
Opening Hours
Open Daily
Estate opens: 7.30am
Hall: Open (Downstairs only) 10am-5pm
Wildlife World: 10am – 5pm
Estate closes: 7pm
Last entry 45 mins before estate closing time
TEMPLE NEWSAM
Opening Hours
House: Tues – Sun: 10.30am – 5pm
Home Farm: Tues – Sun: 10am – 5pm
Last entry 45 minutes before
THWAITE WATERMILL
Address
Thwaite Lane
Stourton
Leeds
LS10 1RP
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Medal For the Somme – Centenary Commemoration
NewsAs we mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, Emma our Conservator reveals the medal awarded to veterans of the battle.
We have a very special medal on display within the In Their Footsteps exhibition at Leeds City Museum. Our Conservation Volunteers cleaned the medal some time ago, ready for it to be displayed.
One side of the Somme Medal showing the symbolism
The Recipient
It was issued to Lance Corporal Thomas Hinsley Place from Leeds, who would have had to apply to the French Creux de la Somme Veterans Association to receive it.
We have items from Thomas and his brother Alfred in our collections, including medals and ephemera. Thomas was in the Leeds Pals Regiment, 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, whilst his brother Alfred was a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy.
How did Veterans Receive the Somme Medal?
Only those who were able to prove that they had been physically present and had participated in any of the battles that occurred in the Somme region from 1914 to 1918 were allowed into the association. Membership was extended to those who had opposed the German invasion of the Somme region in 1940.
Symbolism on the Medal
The medal is made from bronze with a silk ribbon. The ribbon is yellow with a central blue stripe. The medal has the bronze assay mark of the Paris mint on the edge and the signature of M Delannoy.
One side has two soldiers from antiquity facing right with their cloaks flowing behind them and a shield in one hand and a javelin in the other. There is a French cockerel behind the British lion in the foreground. At the top there is a figure lying down with a water jar above them, symbolising the River Somme. The translation of the inscription reads ‘Battles of the Somme, July-November 1916′.
The other side is very plain with a single inscription translating as ‘Combatants of the Somme 1914-1918-1940’.
Other side of the Somme Medal showing the plain text
Thomas and Alfred Place’s War Stories
Thomas Place survived the conflict, but his brother Alfred did not. Both brothers received commendations: Thomas the Meritorious Service Medal for gallantry and devotion to duty, and Alfred the Albert Medal for saving life with the loss of his own life in 1916.
By Emma Bowron, Conservator