Thurnscoe War Memorial

The Thurnscoe War Memorial is located in Thurnscoe Park and features a statue of an infantryman in uniform, holding his rifle and standing on guard. The statue is placed on a limestone capital, which is decorated with dentiles, atop a Classical sandstone pillar that rises from a square limestone plinth. This plinth is topped with recumbent fasces and stands on a three-stepped square base.

The front face of the capital is inscribed with "THE GREAT WAR" framed by the years "1914 1918." On the front of the pillar, there is a brass plaque depicting an angel standing on a rock, holding a sword in one hand and an upraised laurel wreath in the other. The wings and sword are outlined in white enamel, the laurel wreath in green, and the rest of the figure is outlined in black. A larger plaque on another face of the pillar lists the names of those who died in the First World War.

A bronze plaque on the front face of the plinth reads: "ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE SUPREME SACRIFICE MADE BY THE ABOVE NAMED PERSONS OF THIS PARISH." Additional plaques on the other faces of the plinth commemorate names and dedications for both the Second World War and the Falklands Island conflict.

Originally, the memorial was surrounded by a low kerb with eight low pillars and an enclosing chain, but these have been replaced with four low corner walls made of brick. Behind the memorial, at the edge of the surrounding path, a new stone commemorating the centenary of the start of the First World War has been placed in front of a square enclosure for displaying Royal British Legion crosses and poppies. The brick walls and the new stone enclosure are not of special interest.