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Title
Cenotaph
Date
1921
Medium
stone, bronze & granite
Accession number
WF1_NH_S001
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Custodian
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
19th November 1921
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on cenotaph: WHEN YOU GO HOME TELL THEM OF US / AND SAY, "FOR YOUR TOMORROWS WE GAVE OUR TODAY" / "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE / MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO PERPETUATE THE / MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CITY, WHO / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 FOUGHT THE / GOOD FIGHT, DYING IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY / THAT HONOUR MIGHT LIVE / THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON THE ROLL OF / HONOUR, WHICH IS DEPOSITED IN THE TOWN HALL / THE MONUMENT ALSO PERPETUATES THE / MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS / CITY WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR OF / 1939 - 1945 / IN GLORY ETERNAL / THEY BEING DEAD YET THEY LIVE; on granite block: IN MEMORY OF THE SACRIFICE MADE BY MEN ANS WOMEN / OF THIS DISTRICT WHO DIED IN CONFLICTS / AROUND THE WORLD SINCE 1945 / THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON THE ROLL OF HONOUR
