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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sheffield
- Town
- Sheffield
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47562
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Current location
Part of the Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust
Kelham Island Museum
Alma St
Sheffield
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S3 8RY
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 35197 88190
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Royal Hospital
Royal Hospital Rd
Chelsea
Kensington And Chelsea
Greater London
SW3 4NE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 280 781
Denomination: Undefined - Samuel Osborn and Co Ltd
Sheffield
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Royal Hospital
- Description
- Nowy headed bronze plaque with inscription in relief. Union flag placed in a shield and enclosed by a laurel wreath which is in turn surmounted by a crown is depicted at the top centre of the plaque.
- Inscription
- 1939 1945/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THOSE EMPLOYEES OF SAMUEL/ OSBORN & CO LTD. WHOSE NAMES/ ARE RECORDED HERE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE/ OF KING AND COUNTRY IN THE/ WORLD WAR/ (Names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ambler, G H
Anstey, F
Barron, C
Baxter, I C
Belk, Doreen
Birch, G W
Bradley, D
Bradshaw, W
Capille, A
Clarke, J J B
See details for all 32 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 965mm, width 762mm
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
- Samuel Osborn & Co Ltd - WW2 Plaque
- WMO ID: 249639
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 06-11-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1998: found in a scrap metal merchants yard with a First World War plaque (IWM WMA 47563) Donated to WMT for re-location.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- Friends of War Memorials were custodians. This may no longer be the case.
- Reference
- WM330
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