Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rotherham
- Town
- Masbrough
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 8th May 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 52873
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- Previous locations
- Masbrough Independent Chapel
College Road
Masbrough
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 1JD
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 42235 92939
Denomination: Independent
- Masbrough Independent Chapel
- Description
- Bronze plaque mounted onto an oak backboard. Roll of honour placed nearby. Shield of St George surmounts the plaque. Border of laurel leaves on the plaque. 14 flags of the allied nations depicted on the roll of honour.
- Inscription
- IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE DEVOTION/ AND SELF-SACRIFICE OF THE MEN WHO WENT FROM/ THE CHURCH AT THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL, AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ (30 NAMES)/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. A Roll of Honour clearly existing giving 143 names.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Agus, A V
Allen, H
Ball, A J
Ball, E
Ball, H
Beck, J E
Bishop, L R
Bishop, M E
Blackham, W
Blunt, F H
See details for all 143 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 143
Served and returned: 113
Died: 30
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- ROTHERHAM AND DISTRICT WAR MEMORIALS by WESTWOOD,F AND FEATHERSTONE,A 217-218 Source: Image Library UKNIWM OFFICE Published:PRIVATE 2003
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