Memorial

Sapper William Hackett VC

Sapper William Hackett VC Plaque

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Current Location

East of the Mexborough War Memorial and near Doncaster Road Junior School, Castle Hill Park, Doncaster Road, Mexborough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, S64 0LU, England

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SK 48418 99928

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 28098
Description: Nowy headed sandstone plaque surmounted by smaller nowy headed plaque showing coat of arms (presumably of town). The cornice of the main plaque is decorated with egg and dart carving. The inscription is on a black marble plaque with cut out corners attached to the sandstone plaque. Gilt incised lettering. The memorial is now fixed to a nowy headed buff brick wall with blue engineering brick capping. The sandstone backboard has a carving of a Victoria Cross above the inscription plaque suspended from swags of laurel tied with ribbons. Suspended in turn from the ends of these swags, and framing the sides of the plaque, are carvings of oak leaves and acorns Large Cross on the rear of the wall. Also a panel in his memory in the Union Jack Club in London and a monument in the Engineers' cemetery in France.
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF OUR TOWNSMAN/ SAPPER WILLIAM HACKETT, V.C/ KILLED ON JUNE 22ND-23RD 1916 IN FRANCE,/ WHILE RESCUING HIS COMRADES/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,decorations

History

Maintenance History: THE MEMORIAL WAS ORIGINALLY FIXED TO THE WALL OF A BUILDING (APPARENTLY PART OF A WORKS OR FACTORY). THE MEMORIAL HAS NOW BEEN RESTORED, MOVED TO THE CURRENT LOCATION AND FIXED TO A FREE STANDING WALL.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

19th May 1917

Mr. J. H. Watson, oldest member of Mexborough Urban Council, Mrs Hackett

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