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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Sheffield
- Town
- Stocksbridge
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- John Taylor and Co (Manufacturer)
W POTTS & SONS (Clockmaker)
DEAN (Clockmaker) - Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 14th July 1923
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Unveiled
Date: 1st December 1923
Attended by: Bishop of Sheffield - Show More (1)
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27979
Current location
ST MATHIAS CHURCH
Nanny Hill
Stocksbridge
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 270 980
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stone clock tower with face on each of four sides. Metal plaques bear names and inscription.
- Inscription
- TO THE HONOUR AND EVERLASTING MEMORY/ OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND NURSE/ OF THIS DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918 1914-1918/ (NAMES) 1939-1945/ (NAMES) PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC/ BY THE WOMENS SECTION/ OF THE BRITISH LEGION STOCKSBRIDGE/ 1934
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, John
Attwood, W
Beckett, Alfred
Brailsword, Arthur
Bramwell, William
Brearley, David I
Brooke, Thornton
Burgin, Sidney
Button, Anthony
Button, Arthur
See details for all 109 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 107
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 107
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 51
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 51
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Clock
- 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
- Stocksbridge
- WMO ID: 147149
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-11-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1965: CONVERTED TO AUTOMATIC WIND FO TIME PART AND MOTOR DRIVEN STRIKE AND CHIME
- Costs
Site: £200
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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