
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Rotherham
- Town
- Swinton
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
- Maker
- Messrs Tyas and Guest (Builder)
Capt M Tyas (Designer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 18 September 1921
Attended by: MR WS Hunter, Company Chairman - Dedicated
Date: 16 September 1921
Attended by: Rev F Hutchinson, Vicar - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47648
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Current location
Opposite colliery offices.
Golden Smithies Lane
Swinton
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 453 003
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Cross set on a stone plinth suggesting a rock which is covered with a coat of concrete with smooth central panels on which the names are incised and painted. Set on two step base situated in a paved area surrounded by railings. Names of dead on front and side panels. Names of 37 men to whom decorations were awarded listed on rear panel. Carved laurel wreath and ribbons below arms of cross. Dates moulded into covering of stone.
- Inscription
- FRONT: TO THE GLORIOUS / MEMORY OF / OUR FALLEN HEROES / (Names) REAR: HONOURS / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adey, A
Allott, J
Ash, E
Ashley, A
Askin, G H
Aubrey, L
Baker, A E
Bamforth, W
Battye, W
Baxter, E
See details for all 264 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 209
Served and returned: 0
Died: 209
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,decorations
Order of information: surname - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 5M EST, width 2.2M EST
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- 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
- History
- 2000: Letters illegible
- Costs
Memorial: £500
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- ROTHERHAM AND DISTRICT WAR MEMORIALS by WESTWOOD,F AND FEATHERSTONE,A pp.412-415. 2003 Source: Image Library UKNIWM OFFICE Published:PRIVATE 2003
- NB/NS/68
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