Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rotherham
- Town
- Aston
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27th May 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Sheffield - Dedicated
Date: 27th May 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Sheffield - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52806
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Lane
Aston
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S26 2EE
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 46812 85259
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass plaque mounted onto a wooden backboard
- Inscription
- THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ THESE MEN FROM THE PARISH OF ASTON LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM;/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES/ BE NOT FORGOTTEN/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allsop, Arthur A
Attenborough, Frank
Ball, William
Barlow, Herbert
Barnish, William
Beardall, Joseph
Beeton, Lewis
Belk, Christopher
Bennett, Horace
Bondall, George
See details for all 76 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 156
Served and returned: 78
Died: 78
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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 - Reference
- ROTHERHAM AND DISTRICT WAR MEMORIALS by WESTWOOD,F AND FEATHERSTONE,A 105-106 Source: Image Library UKNIWM OFFICE Published:PRIVATE 2003
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