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An infantryman, with rifle and fixed bayonet, stands on a rock with a tree stump looking to his left. The sculpture is is mounted on an inscribed and wreathed plinth, which is set on a three-stepped base. The whole is raised on a wider stepped platform incorporating two separate plaque bearing upstands. Also on the platform are four metal black and red or black and white benches commemorating the war dead and the military services.

Title

War Memorial

Date

c.1920

Medium

sandstone, bronze & metal

Accession number

DN12_SP_S023

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Custodian

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

26/11/87

Access

at all times

Inscription description

top of front of the pedestal: 1914 / THE / GREAT / WAR. / 1918; on the base: ERECTED / IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION / OF THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / MADE BY THE ABOVE / NAMES MEN OF / THIS PARISH; on both the separate plaques: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / 1939-1945; on the benches: CONISBROUGH / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM; CONISBROUGH / YORKSHIRE'S ROSE; CONISBROUGH; CONISBROUGH / 1914 RAF 1918

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