Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Doncaster
- Town
- Highields
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 28146
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Current location
Highfields Memorial Gardens
South Street/ Coppice Road
Highields
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN6 7HY
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 54357 06877
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square clock tower with domed roof and clock set on 6o'clock face. Also wreath on 6o'clock face and red marble tablet with gold writing at the base.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS CLOCK TOWER IS ERECTED/ TO THE SACRED MEMORY/ OF THE UNDERNAMED WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ LEST WE FORGET/ 1939 - 1945 WAR/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barsby, William
Bellaby, John Albert
Brough, William
Buffey, Thomas
Byron, Arthur
Calow, Herbert
Clark, Robert
Clark, William
Cowlishaw, John Robert
Dean, Frederick
See details for all 32 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,forename,decorations
Order of information: year died
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: height 1500MM, width 900MM
Materials: Granite - Red - Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tower
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaques / Panels with names
- Listing information
- Highfields War Memorial Clock Tower
- 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
- Condition
- History
- 2000: Clock re-gilded.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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