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| ArtistMaker: | Swift; J. | 
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| TitleOfWork: | Cawthorne War Memorial | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | View of Museum, retaining wall and Memorial | |
| DateOfCreation: | not known | |
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| Medium: | Limestone and bronze | |
| Location: | In the grounds of Victoria Jubilee Museum | |
| AtoZReference: | (SE428408) | |
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| Street: | Taylor Hill, S75 4HQ | |
| TownOrVillage: | Cawthorne | |
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| MetropolitanBorough: | Barnsley | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | b038a | |
| Description: A small tower on a plinth, with a roof of four gables surmounted by a cross. Decorated with carved fleur-de-lys and Yorkshire Roses on the gable ends, the cross above and in the spaces between the roofs. Inscription: On the museum side of the plinth at its rear: ' J.SWIFT.Sc. / DON CTR ' On bronze plaques at the front of the monument: ' TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOUR / OF / (list of names) / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 ' and: ' ALSO / IN MEMORY / OF / (list of names) / WHO FELL IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 ' Questions: Who commissioned the memorial and how was the money raised? When was it officially inaugurated and by whom? Who owns it and does it have listed status? |
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