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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Triptych
- District
- Rotherham
- Town
- Maltby
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MESSRS HUGHES & BOLCKOW LTD (Manufacturer)
Bodley and Hare (Designer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6th November 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy, dignitaries and local families.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52862
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Current location
On the south wall.
St Bartholomew's Church
Church Lane
Maltby
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S66 8JB
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 52759 91891
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Church of the Ascension
Firth Crescent
Maltby
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S66 7FL
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 53475 91593
Denomination: Undefined
- Church of the Ascension
- Description
- Wooden triptych with triangular pediment. Inscription in gold-painted lettering. Figure of Christ on the cross is depicted on the centre panel of the triptych
- Inscription
- Centre panel: 1914 1918/ THE GREAT WAR/ FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD./ O LORD JESUS, WE BESEECH THEE,/ BY THE LONELINESS OF THY SUFFERING/ ON THE CROSS, BE NIGH UNTO ALL THEM/ THAT ARE DESOLATE AND IN PAIN OR/ SORROW TODAY Left and right doors: ROLL OF HONOUR/ (NAMES)/ R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alvis, W
Amiss, C
Barwell, A W
Baxter, J
Beardsley, W
Betts, C
Bowns, F
Bramham, R
Brannon, M
Brookes, A
See details for all 71 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 71
Served and returned: 0
Died: 71
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname and initials
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Triptych
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Teak
- Triptych
- 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, 202-204. Source: Image Library UKNIWM OFFICE Published: PRIVATE 2003
- Sheffield Daily Telegraph 17/5/1912 (pages 8 and 10), reported the consecration the previous day by the Archbishop of York of the "new mission church of the model village, which had come into being through the opening of the Maltby Main Colliery", announcing that its title was to be the Church of Ascension.
- Sheffield Daily Telegraph 21/7/1911 (page 4), reported the planned erection of a new church at Maltby.
- Sheffield Record Office catalogue ref PR161, re the history of the Church of Ascension.
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