Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Rotherham
Town
Wales
County
South Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 12 June 1921
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
27905

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Current location

Village Green
Wales Road
Wales
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 47774 82912
Denomination: Undefined

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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)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ashton, John Edwin
Bagshawe, William Henry
Bailey, Ernest
Bailey, George
Baines, Walter
Barber, Bennett
Barks, Herbert
Bateman, George Alfred
Baugh, Norman Lee
Beresford, Jim
See details for all 75 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 51
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 51
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,regiment,decorations
    Order of information: regiment
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,regiment,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • WAR MEMORIAL AT JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND WALES ROAD
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
Parish Council

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