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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rotherham
- Town
- Rawmarsh
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MESSRS A R MOWBRAY & CO. LTD (Manufacturer)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: Circa June 2005
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Dedicated
Date: 19 December 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Sheffield - Unveiled
Date: 19 December 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (2)
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52893
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Current location
Rawmarsh Library
Barbers Avenue
Rawmarsh
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S62 6AA
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 44038 95785
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Rawmarsh Old Grammar School
Rawmarsh
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Rawmarsh Old Grammar School
- Description
- Oak board with additional brass plaque placed below it at a later date detailing unveiling details.
- Inscription
- BOARD: (EXACT INSCRIPTION UNKNOWN)/ (NAMES) PLAQUE: THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY J. D. BLYTH ESQ., AND DEDICATED BY DR BURROWS, LORD BISHOP OF SHEFFIELD, ON SUNDAY 19TH DECEMBER 1920, F. G. SCOVELL, RECTOR, E. SHELDON, HEADMASTER
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allott, Ernest
Barrett, Joe
Beverley, John
Binks, Arthur
Blackett, Albert
Blyth, Percy
Booth, John
Bramelo, Alfred
Brown, Reg
Burrudge, A
See details for all 64 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 132
Served and returned: 66
Died: 66
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Board
- 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
- IN 2001 THE MEMORIAL WAS BOUGHT FROM A JUNKYARD IN WETHERBY BY A LOCAL SCHOOL TEACHER WHO ESTABLISHED ITS ORIGIN AND ARRANGED FOR IT TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE RAWMARSH LIBRARY.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Reference
- ROTHERHAM AND DISTRICT WAR MEMORIALS by WESTWOOD,F AND FEATHERSTONE,A 267 Source: Image Library UKNIWM OFFICE Published:PRIVATE 2003
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