Maltby War Memorial

First World War memorial, erected in 1924, by Messrs Tyas and Guest, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: a granite and concrete memorial, with lead lettering and secondary bronze plaques, set on a rectangular-plan flagstone base.

DESCRIPTION: Maltby War Memorial is situated on a bluff above Maltby Crags. It takes the form of a square granite monument, with circular engaged columns at each corner, supporting a pedimented cornice, on top of which is a finial consisting of a squat chimney-like column, capped by a crown. The memorial is set on a three-stepped base; the top pair of steps have chamfered upper surfaces, while the lower step is of plain concrete. All the original inscriptions on the memorial are inset with lead lettering. The north-east pediment is inscribed 1914 – 1918 and the panel below is inscribed TO/ THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF MALTBY/ WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR./ (30 names), with an inscription on the top step that reads “LEST WE FORGET”. A further 71 names of the fallen from the First World War are inscribed on the north-west and south-east panels of the memorial. The names of the fallen from the Second World War are recorded on bronze plaques attached to three of the faces of the second step. The plaque on the north-east face reads 1939 – 45/ “AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM”/ (20 names); the plaques on the north-west and south-east faces each display 28 names, with an additional name added centrally beneath the plaque on the south-east side. The memorial stands on a square paved podium, which is slightly sunken and enclosed by kerb stones, within a wider irregular hexagonal paved area.