Edlington War Memorial

The Edlington War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in the early 1920s, with additions for the Second World War and the Falklands War. It is made of limestone and features a classical-style stone pedestal topped with an urn, raised on a pedimented base. The pedestal has a moulded cornice and a plain frieze, above four inscribed ashlar dado panels and a torus moulded base, which sits on a plinth raised on a two-stepped plinth with chamfered upper surfaces, all on a narrow square-plan podium.

The south-east dado panel displays 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," along with the names of 60 fallen soldiers inscribed on the other three panels. The south-east elevations of the plinth and base steps feature the Second World War dedication, stating: "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 42 names from that conflict inscribed in black painted lettering on the remaining elevations of the plinth and base.