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| ArtistMaker: | TYAS and GUEST | 
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| TitleOfWork: | Conisbrough War Memorial | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | view of soldier | |
| DateOfCreation: | not known | |
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| Medium: | bronze; limestone | |
| Location: | Coronation Park. (SK514988) | |
| AtoZReference: | p.59 3D | |
| Postcode: | DN12 | |
| Street: | Castle Hill and Low Road | |
| TownOrVillage: | Conisbrough | |
| AreaInTown: | Burcroft | |
| MetropolitanBorough: | Doncaster | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | d030e | |
| Description: A bronze statue of a soldier standing on top of a tapering limestone column. The whole is on a platform with two small walls (later additions) at its front. The soldier in a cap, short jacket and with his rifle at the ready is moving forwards. A knapsack and other pieces of equipment are slung over his shoulders and strapped to his belt. Inscriptions: At the top of the column are the words: "1914 / THE / GREAT / WAR / 1918" At the base of the column: "ERECTED / IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION / OF THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / MADE BY THE ABOVE / NAMED MEN OF / THIS PARISH" On the first step at the front of the monument: "LEST WE FORGET" On the two walls either side of the steps at the front of the monument: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES / 1939-1945" Commission: not known Comment: Coronation Park was opened as a park on 22nd June 1911 to commemorate George V's coronation on that day. Photographs of 1935 show a large artillery gun in the Park near the War memorial |
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