Rossington War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1944, with additions for later C20 conflicts.

MATERIALS: granite, concrete, brick and bronze.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is situated on a corner site adjacent to the churchyard of the Church of St Michael. It comprises a simple rough-hewn Greek cross, with a tapering four-sided shaft, mounted on a tapering rectangular pedestal. The whole is raised on a simple, secondary brick plinth, capped with a projecting coping stone consisting of a plain concrete slab. An inscription in lead lettering is situated within a shallow rectangular recessed ashlar panel, on the north-east elevation of the pedestal; it reads: TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE FALLEN. / "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."/ A TRIBUTE FROM THE ROSSINGTON/ BRITISH LEGION. WOMEN'S SECTION./ 1944. A rectangular framed bronze tablet rests against the plinth; it reads: IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO PAID THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE FOR US AND THE COUNTRY, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE. The names of the Fallen are recorded under date headings on the tablet; 1914 - 1918 (25 NAMES), 1939 -1945 (43 NAMES, including two women), and POST 1945 (six NAMES).