Memorial

Wales

Source: Copyright Anne Jarvis

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Current Location

Village Green, Wales Road, Wales, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England

SK 47774 82912

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 27905
Description: Simple figure of a soldier standing at ease with slung rifle. Tree stump supports him from behind. Wearing steel helmet and webbing. On rectangular plinth and three stepped base
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ GRATEFUL AND SACRED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF WALES PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING/ AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ POST 1945 (NAME) (SIDES AND REAR) (WW1 NAMES)

Unveiled

12 June 1921

UNKNOWN

Plinth

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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