Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Sheffield
- Town
- Sheffield
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13th July 1986
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27817
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Current location
TOWN HALL WITHIN PEACE GARDEN
Peace Gd
Sheffield
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S1 2HH
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 35367 87141
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- ROUGH-HEWN STONE OF REMEMBRANCE. TWO PLAQUES. LARGER PLAQUE BEARS INSCRIPTION AND POETRY BY BYRON. SMALLER BRASS PLAQUE BEARS UNVEILING DETAILS. LARGER PLAQUE DEPICTS BATTLE SCENE WITH BARBED WIRE.
- Inscription
- LARGER PLAQUE: SPANISH CIVIL WAR/ 1939-1939/ IN HONOUR OF THE SHEFFIELD MEN/ WHO FOUGHT ALONGSIDE THE SPANISH/ PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY/ AND OF THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE CITY/ WHO WORKED IN SUPPORT OF THE CAUSE./"YET, FREEDON YET, THY BANNER/ TORN BUT FLYING/ STREAMS LIKE THE THUNDER-STORM/ AGAINST THE WIND"/ BYRON SMALL PLAQUE: THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY MARTIN FALNNERY, M.P., FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH SHEFFIELD CONSTITUENCY ON SUNDAY 13TH JULY 1986 IN THE PRESENCE OF COUNCILLOR DAVID BLUNKETT, LEADER OF THE COUNCIL, COUNCILLOR VIVIENNE NICHOLSON, CHAIR OF THE LIBRARIES AND ARTS COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OFFICERS AND VETERANS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaques
- 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
- MEMORIALS OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR by WILLIAMS ET AL 94-96 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ALAN SUTTON PUBLISHING LTD 1996 STROUD
- Our Blog ukniwm.wordpress.com/2008/03/07/last-scottish-veteran-of-spanish-civil-war-dies/
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