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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast group
- District
- North Lincolnshire
- Town
- Scunthorpe
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Messrs James Beresford & Sons (Sculptor)
Messrs A E Walters (Mason) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 14 November 1926
Attended by: Gen Sir Ian Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO - Dedicated
Date: 14 November 1926
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2123
Current location
Scunthorpe Museum Gardens
Vicarage Gardens/ Oswald Road
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
DN15 7BA
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 89166 10889
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Doncaster Rd
Scunthorpe
Lindsey
Lincolnshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Doncaster Rd
- Description
- Soldier and sailor both holding unfurling standard between them, surmounting tall pedestal. A wreath and a lion molded separately on a front pedestal. Winged bronze plaque representing the RAF during the Second World War also on front of pedestal.
- Inscription
- OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1914-1918, 1939-1945 / BRITAIN WRITES THE EPITAPH - THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THE IRONSTONE AREA WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIE, WE SHALL NOT SLEEP THOUGH POPPIES GROW IN FLANDERS FIELDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Akester, Frederick Arthur
Akester, Herbert
Allen, Alexander Hugh
Allen, Cyril Sheldon
Altoft, John
Arrand, Edmund Bernard
Ashley, Charles Willis
Atkinson, Thorpe
Axe, Walter
Baker, John Francis Edgar
See details for all 457 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Sculpture
Measurements: depth 1400MM, height 5600MM, width 1400MM
Materials: Marble
- Pedestal
- 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
- Scunthorpe and District
- WMO ID: 253973
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 27-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: £696 18S 00D
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Source: Image Library Published:ALAN SUTTON & SCUNTHORPE MUSEUMS SCUNTHORPE
- Street Map of Scunthope, where marks indicate original, current and potential future locations of the War memorial.
- Scunthorpe Telegraph, Veteran returns.
- The Star, Saturday November 20th 1926, The Valiant of Scunthorpe, Cenotaph Unveiled.
- The Lincolnshire Start, Nov 1926, page 27, To The Fallen, Scunthorpe's Memorial unveiled by general Sir Ian Hamilton.
- Scunthorpe & District War Memorial, service booklet.
- Scunthorpe In Old Photographs, David Taylor, Alan Sutton, Scunthorpe Museums, page 63.
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