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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Barnsley
- Town
- Hoylandswaine
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- F W OXLEY (Mason)
F W OXLEY (Builder) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 05th September 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 28087
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Current location
JUNCTION OF BARNSLEY RD AND HAIGH LA
Barnsley Rd
Hoylandswaine
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S30 6JA
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 262 047
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- POLISHED GRANITE THREE-STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY PLINTH, CORNICE AND DRAPED URN. INSCRIPTION IN GOLD LETTEIRNG ON TWO SIDES OF THE PLINTH FAINT ENGRAVED BORDER DESIGN ON THE FOUR FACES OF THE COLUMN
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ PROUD AND LOVING/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO PAID THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ DURING/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ "IS IT NOTHING TO YOU, ALL YE THAT PASS BY" 9 O'CLOCK FACE: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Charlesworth, J W
Lockwood, T
Mellor, T
Senior, Wm
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 4
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,decorations
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 3
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: height 1220MM, width 1220MM
Materials: Granite
- Column
- 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
- Hoylandswaine
- WMO ID: 164285
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 26-04-2018]
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- Costs
Memorial: FREE
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- BARNSLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
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