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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Sheffield
- Town
- Handsworth
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: December 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27884
Current location
ST MARYS CHURCH
Handsworth Rd
Handsworth
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S13
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 411 862
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A peel of eight bells and a clock in the tower. Dedication inscribed on a stone tablet surmounting a brick wall. Dedication and names are in black lettering.
- Inscription
- Tablet: THE PEAL OF EIGHT BELLS AND CLOCK WERE PLACED IN THE TOWER OF ST MARY'S CHURCH, HANDSWORTH BY PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THESE MEN OF HANDSWORTH AND RICHMOND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ "LEST WE FORGET" DEC 1920
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aspland, Eric
Atkin, Robert
Ball, Gerald Wheatley
Barsby, Clarence
Billard, James
Bilton, Samuel C
Bishop, Jacob
Brownett, Thomas Ward
Brunt, Edgar
Bulmer, William Henry
See details for all 50 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 51
Served and returned: 0
Died: 51
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Bells
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Clock
- Listing information
- CHURCHYARD WALLS PIERS AND WAR MEMORIAL AT CHURCH OF ST MARY
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Handsworth
- WMO ID: 148296
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 07-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2013: Tablet in good clean condition.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Sheffield Council
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