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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rotherham
Town
Swinton
County
South Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
46615

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Current location

St John's Methodist Church
Station Street
Swinton
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S64 8QA
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 45442 99231
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
Convex headed white marble tablet mounted onto a black stone backboard. Inscription in black lettering. Single black line broder and foliate pattern in each corner of the tablet.
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF OUR COMRADES/ CLARENCE ROWLAND HOOD, / WHO FELL IN ACTION IN BELGIUM, / SEP12TH 1917, AGED 19 YEARS / GEORGE AUSTIN CHAMBERS, / WHO FELL IN ACTION IN YPRES, / AUG 12TH 1917, AGED 19 YEARS / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS."
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 2
    Died: 2
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height 610MM, width 470MM
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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