Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Entire memorial - 6 o'clock face

Source: Copyright S Jepson

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Current Location

Holy Trinity Church, Sough Hall Avenue, Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 2QJ, England

OS Grid Reference

SK 37818 96021

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 28032
Description: Figure of soldier in cap and skeleton webbing, braced by a tree stump with rifle raised in on guard position, bayonet fixed. On rectangular plinth. Unusually the rifle is bronze
Inscription: (front) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE BRAVE AND GALLANT MEN/ OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO FELL GLORIOUSLY/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ ALSO THOSE OF WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (9 names)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ (sides) (40 names from WW1)/(base) ERECTED BY/ THE GRATEFUL INHABITANTS/ OF THIS PARISH

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 40
Died: 40
Information shown: rank, forename initials, surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 9
Died: 9
Information shown: rank, forename initials, surname, military honours
Order of names: alphabetical by surname

History

Maker(s): Messrs Tyas and Guest, Swinton, Sculptor
Costs: EST £400
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: FIGURE VERY MILDEWED ALTHOUGH PLINTH AND NAME PANELS ARE CLEAR (1993)

Ceremonies

Unveiled

18th September 1920

Local Clergy/Dignitaries incl Rev R T C Slade (Vicar of Thorpe Hesley) and Mr Walter Newton Drew (Chairman of Messrs Newton, Chambers & Co.)

Conservation

Custodian: Church authorities / Parochial Church Council (PCC)

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Holy Trinity Church

Current Location

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Denomination

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

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