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A wall with flanking plaques and a central upright square column. The central column bears a metal cross above a metal plaque, both with First World War dedications in white lettering. Below the central column is a stone tablet in the shape of an open book, upon which are the Second World War names in incised black lettering. On the walls either side of the column are two black marble tablets with First World War names in gold lettering, and below each of these are two metal plaques with dedications inscribed with white lettering.

Title

Wombwell Cenotaph

Medium

stone, metal & marble

Measurements

H 400 x W 180 x D (?) cm (E)

Accession number

S73_SP_S260

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Barnsley Council

Custodian

St Marys Church

Work status

extant

Access

time restrictions apply

Inscription description

cross: THE / SUPREME / SACRIFICE / 1914 - 18 1939 - 45; plaque, centre: LEST WE FORGET / THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN / PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF / WOMBWELL, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY / TRUTH & JUSTICE IN THE / GREAT WARS; tablet, centre: TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1939 - 1945 / (Names); tablet, left: (Names); plaque, left: THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.; tablet, right: (Names); plaque, right: O VALIANT HEARTS, WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME / THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT AND THROUGH BATTLE FLAME / TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED / YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.

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