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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Rotherham
- Town
- South Anston
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52899
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Current location
In the churchyard
St James Church
Sheffield Road
South Anston
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S25 5DT
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 51917 83723
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Elaborate stone lychgate with commemoration and names inside.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ LOVING AND HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ THE FOLLOWING MEN FROM THE PARISH ALSO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ LEST WE FORGET/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM./ THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOREVER./ GRANT THEIR SOULS ETERNAL PEACE O LORD. IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945./ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Airey, T
Airwy, F
Ashlely, C H
Atkin, D
Bailey, B
Bailey, W
Baines, F W
Barker, F
Barton, H
Barton, Irene
See details for all 205 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 236
Served and returned: 210
Died: 26
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,additional,decorations
Order of information: additional,rank,decorations - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 10
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,decorations
Order of information: regiment,surname,rank,decorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gate
- 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
- South Anston
- WMO ID: 148679
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 02-04-2019]
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- History
- 1995: Damaged (extent unknown)
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- St James Church
- Reference
- ROTHERHAM AND DISTRICT WAR MEMORIALS by WESTWOOD,F AND FEATHERSTONE,A 277-279 Source: Image Library UKNIWM OFFICE Published:PRIVATE 2003
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