Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- District
- Rotherham
- Town
- Swinton
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46646
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Current location
St Margaret's Church
Church Street
Swinton
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S64 8EG
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 45199 99362
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Restoration of chapel with associated arched, framed plaque. Red painted cross in the apex of the arch.
- Inscription
- LEST YE FORGET/ THIS CHAPEL OF ST MARY MAGDALENE WAS FURNISHED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE PARISHIONERS OF SWINTON/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Ashley
Bailey, Charles William
Baker, Albert Edward
Bate, Harry
Batty, James William
Batty, William
Beech, Thomas
Blackwell, Ralph
Bluck, Fred
Bool, Arthur
See details for all 196 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 196
Served and returned: 0
Died: 196
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1380MM, width 920MM
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- NB/NX/63A
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