Combined War Memorial, Coronation Park, Conisbrough.
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member wireworm
N 53° 28.985 W 001° 13.565
30U E 617709 N 5927476
A WW1 memorial with WW2 additions.
Waymark Code: WME08N
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/16/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 2

The stone memorial shows a figure of a uniformed soldier holding a rifle with bayonet blade missing. This figure is standing on top of a column with bronze name panels on the sides, mounted on a plinth. The WW2 additions are two bronze name panels mounted on small stone pillars, one either side and in front of the memorial.

Inscriptions read -
"THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918"
"ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE MADE BY THE ABOVE MEN OF THIS PARISH"
"LEST WE FORGET"

Inscription on the WW2 bronze plaques reads-
"IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939-1945"

Memorial is GradeII listed.....
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UKNIWM web site.....
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920

Private or Public Monument?: Government

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Doncaster MBC

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Website for this Monument: [Web Link]

Physical Address of Monument:
Coronation Park, Low Road
Conisbrough
Doncaster, South Yorkshire UK
DN12 3HH


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