Memorial

Conisbrough

Conisbrough memorial in context

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Current Location

Coronation Park, Low Road (A6023), Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 3ER, England

SK 51460 98768

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 28101
Description: Three step plinth to a stylised square doric column surmounted by a life size statue. Column base has re-entrant corners and fasces decoration around the top. Plaques on all 4 faces of the column recording the names of those lost in WW1, additionally two smaller name plaques one each for WW1 and WW2 are mounted beneath the plaque on Face 2. Dedication and WW1 dates incised into face 1 of the column base and top, two brick pillars either side of the front steps have plaques mounted on their front faces recording the names of those lost in WW2. The statue depicts an infantryman with rifle and fixed bayonet facing to his left and supported by a broken tree stump. Column has re-entrant corners and fasces on each face
Inscription: Column Face 1 top: THE/1914 GREAT 1918/ WAR/ Column Face 1 base: ERECTED/ IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION/ OF THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ MADE BY THE ABOVE/ NAMED MEN OF/ THIS PARISH/ Column Face 1 plaque: (Names)/ Column Face 2 plaques: (Names)/ Column Face 3 plaque: (Names)/ Column Face 4 plaque: (Names)/ Left hand brick pillar: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ Right hand brick pillar: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/