
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Avenue / Tree or grove
- District
- Sheffield
- Town
- Crookes
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Planted
Date: 4th April 1919
Attended by: RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN
- Planted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27827
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Current location
Western Road and Gillott Street
Westways Primary School
Western Road
Crookes
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S10 1LD
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 33082 87835
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Roadside trees with dedicatory tablet set into school wall.
- Inscription
- Tablet: THE TREES IN WESTERN ROAD AND/ GILLOTT STREET WERE PLANTED IN GRATEFUL/ APPRECIATION OF THE PART TAKEN BY/ FORMER PUPILS OF THIS SCHOOL/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 330mm, width 740mm
Materials: Stone - Tree
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Tablet
- 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
- Pupils of Western Road Council School (Trees)
- WMO ID: 249382
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 12-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2017: Trees are at risk of felling as part of Sheffield's Streets Ahead project. 2006: Pavement of Western Road is suffering damage due to tree roots, making the pavement increasingly difficult to use. Matter raised at meeting with council officials. 2005: Concern over illegal fly posting on trees. 1996: General concern about the unsafe condition of all the city's trees. Highlighted in (Sheffield) Star 10 January 1996. Article specifically refers to Western Rd. School previously called Western Road Council School.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Sheffield Daily Telegraph 4 5th April 1919
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-42340115
- amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/29/mass-painting-event-to-protest-removal-of-wwi-memorial-trees-in-sheffield
- The Star (Sheffield) 10 16th December 2005
- The Star (Sheffield) 11 10th January 1996
- Sheffield Daily Independent 7 5th April 1919
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