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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rotherham
- Town
- Rotherham
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52853
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Current location
YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENTAL MUSEUM
Walker Place
Rotherham
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S65 1JH
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 430 931
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- KIVETON PARK METHODIST CHURCH
Kiveton Park
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 480 820
Denomination: Undefined
- KIVETON PARK METHODIST CHURCH
- Description
- Nowy headed white marble tablet mounted onto a stone backboard. Inscription in black lettering. Regimental badge carved in relief at the top centre of the tablet and floral design carved in relief on the sides of the tablet.
- Inscription
- YORK AND LANCASTER/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LCE CPL HORACE PARKIN/ OF THE SHEFFIELD BATTALION/ THE BELOVED SON OF/ WILLIAM & ELIZABETH PARKIN/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ JULY 1ST 1916/ AGED 28 YEARS./ SLEEP ON DEAR SON IN A FOREIGN GRAVE/ YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR COUNTRY YOU NOBLY GAVE/ NO FRIEND STOOD NEAR TO YOU TO SAY GOODBYE/ BUT SAFE IN GOD'S KEEPING NOW YOU LIE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Parkin, Horace
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- ROTHERHAM AND DISTRICT WAR MEMORIALS by WESTWOOD,F AND FEATHERSTONE,A 184 Source: Image Library UKNIWM OFFICE Published:PRIVATE 2003
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