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| TitleOfWork: | Thurnscoe War Memorial | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | Detail: soldier on top of memorial | |
| DateOfCreation: | not known | |
| Dimensions: | 195cm high (statue) | |
| Medium: | limestone, bronze & brass plaques | |
| Location: | Thurnscoe Park. (SE 445405) | |
| AtoZReference: | p.29 2E | |
| Postcode: | S63 054 | |
| Street: | High Street | |
| TownOrVillage: | Thurnscoe | |
| AreaInTown: | Thurnscoe Park | |
| MetropolitanBorough: | Barnsley | |
| Photographer: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| ImageCopyright: | Dave Ball | |
| AccessionNumber: | b050e | |
| Description: 3 limestone steps on a concrete base. On these stands a plinth above which is a sandstone pedestal with a plain square capital. The statue of a soldier advancing across uneven ground and holding a rifle across his chest has been carved from limestone and set on top of the pedestal. There is a cap on the soldier's head. A large brass panel on the front of the pedestal shows a winged, wreathed, figure holding a sword with its point to the ground in her right hand and a wreath aloft in her left. The memorial is set in a paved area towards one end of the Park. Signature: On the bottom left of the panel showing the angel: IS / 1924 (or possibly 1994) Inscriptions: On the capital of the pedestal: THE / GREAT / WAR and also: 1914 / 1918 On a plaque on the front of the plinth: ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY / AND IN RCOGNITION OF / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / MADE BY THE ABOVE NAMED / PERSONS OF THIS PARISH On one side of the pedestal: LEST WE FORGET On a plaque on the other side of the pedestal: We will remember them On the rear of the plinth : THE ABOVE ALSO MADE / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 Lists of the names of the dead appear on the sides and rear of the monument: WW1: 76; WW2: 59; Falklands: 1 name. Commission: Money raised by public subscription. Comment: Restored 1995 at the cost of £7,000 (the money raised by public subscription) by Barnsley MBC. According to an old Parish magazine there was originally a cannon standing next to the memorial (its whereabouts are now not known) References: [1] IWM # 28132 [2] 'Legion', May/June 1995. The magazine of the British Legion. Diemsnions: memorial sandstone, limestone, brass and bronze 625cm high x 58cm square (pedestal) pedestal sandstone, brass and bronze 169cm high x 58cm square angel panel brass 158cm high x 48cm wide plinth sandstone 90cm high Questions: Who commissioned this memorial? Who designed and built it? When was it inaugurated? |
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