- Type of Memorial
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- WMR Reference Number
- 10415
- Description
- Italian Marble Statue of soldier standing with rifle at the ready. He is on a tall square pedestal with columns at each corner.
Below the statue are sunken panels which bear the dates on two sides in raised letters and the words “For Country” on the front and back.
The main pedestal stands on two steps. These in turn rest on two more steps with a low iron railing round. The names are carried in a single column on the sides of the plinth. The lettering is incised and leaded using sans serif capitals.
Also a 'Souvenir Booklet' was produced for WW2 for Tow Law, Satley and Thornley. As this was produced in quantity it does not classify as a memorial in its own right for IWM purposes but is an important record of the WW2 service of 474 men from these three villages- containing many photographs; the names, ranks, regiments and honours of both those who fell and those who served and returned. See the 3 NEWMP reports listed under 'References' for a full transcript, history and photographic record of this booklet (this local project does treat this as a memorial).
- Inscription
- For Country / For Country / 1914 / 1919 /
Erected / By the inhabitants of / Tow Law, Thornley, / Sunniside, Hedley Hope, / East Hedley Hope / and Satley. / To the sacred memory / of those gallant men / who, at the call of king / and country, left all that / was dear to them, and after / enduring hardships and / facing danger in the Great / European War 1914-1919 / passed among their / comrades by the path of / duty and self sacrifice / giving their own lives / that we might live in / freedom. /
Greater love hath no man than this, that / a man lay down his life for his friends/[names]
1939-1945/[names]