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Latitude: 53.4312 / 53°25'52"N
Longitude: -1.349 / 1°20'56"W
OS Eastings: 443352
OS Northings: 392909
OS Grid: SK433929
Mapcode National: GBR MX0R.RQ
Mapcode Global: WHDDK.70WX
Plus Code: 9C5WCMJ2+FC
Entry Name: War Memorial Near Junction of Doncaster Road and Clifton Lane
Listing Date: 19 February 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1286762
English Heritage Legacy ID: 335664
Also known as: Rotherham Cenotaph
ID on this website: 101286762
Location: Clifton Park, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65
County: Rotherham
Electoral Ward/Division: Boston Castle
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Rotherham
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): South Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Clifton St James
Church of England Diocese: Sheffield
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SK4392 ROTHERHAM CLIFTON PARK
10/32 War Memorial
near junction of
Doncaster Road and
Clifton Lane
II
War memorial. 1922 by Major J. E. Knight of Rotherham (Rotherham Advertiser).
Granite stylobate to ashlar sandstone monument. Large cenotaph with curtain
wall to rear. Plinth inscribed 'THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / AND / THE WORLD WAR
1939-1945'; on the shaft the quotation "IF I SHOULD DIE, THINK ONLY THIS OF ME:
THAT THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND". Shaft
decorated with wreaths and with a bronze sword on each return. Offset upper stage
with upright palm leaves carved on corners and the words 'FOR / REMEMBRANCE'
beneath a styalised sarcophagus with swags and cornice surmounted by a bronze
brazier with eternal flame. Curtain wall to rear with end piers flanking 13
bronze panels bearing dedication to, and names of, the 1304 men of Rotherham lost
in the 1914-1918 war. Unveiled on Sunday November 26th, 1922.
Details of design in: Rotherham Advertiser, March 19th, 1921, plO.
Listing NGR: SK4335292909
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 31 January 2017.
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