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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- Doncaster
- Town
- Askern
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 28040
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Current location
St Peter's Church
Church Street
Askern
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN6 0PH
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 56160 13723
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Oak chancel screen with associated brass plaque. Plaque is nowy-headed with incised lettering and names in three columns.
- Inscription
- 1914 1918/ THIS TABLET TOGETHER WITH THE CHANCEL SCREEN/ IS ERECTED TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF OUR MEN/ OF ASKERN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ (NAMES)/ / THEIR LIVES TO THEIR COUNTRY THEIR SOULS TO GOD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 27
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Screen
Measurements: height C 2300MM, width C 2600MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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