War Memorial Immediately To East Of Chapel At Stainforth Cemetery

The war memorial located immediately to the east of the chapel at Stainforth Cemetery was built around 1920 and was created by the sculptors Tyas and Guest from Swinton, near Rotherham. It is made of ashlar sandstone and features a square enclosure with a kerb and corner vases. At the center stands a monument with a three-step plinth supporting a stylised, square Doric column topped by a lifesize statue. The column's base has re-entrant corners and is decorated with fasces, as well as an anchor and lifebelt carved into a recessed panel on the front. The names of those who died in World War I (1914-1918) are inscribed on the front of the shaft, while the names from World War II (1939-1945) are added to the rear and left side. The well-carved statue depicts an infantryman holding a gun with a fixed bayonet, facing to his left in front of a broken tree stump.