Edlington War Memorial

First World War memorial, early 1920s, with Second World War and Falkland War additions.

MATERIALS: limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a classical-style stone pedestal surmounted by an urn, which is raised on a pedimented base. The pedestal has a moulded cornice, with a plain frieze and cornice, above four inscribed ashlar dado panels and a torus moulded base, upon a plinth, which in turn is raised on a two-stepped plinth with chamfered upper surfaces, on a narrow square-plan podium. The south-east dado panel bares the First World War dedication, which reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THE/ YORKSHIRE MAIN COLLIERY/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919, with the 60 names of the Fallen inscribed on the remaining three panels. The south-east elevations of the plinth and base steps bear the Second World War dedication that reads: THOSE NAMED ON THESE/ BASES LOST THEIR LIVES IN/ THE WAR OF/ 1939 - 1945/ THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, with the 42 names from that conflict inscribed in black painted lettering, on the remaining elevations of the plinth and base.