Rotherham Grammar School War Memorial

MATERIALS: Limestone cross and bronze plaques.

DESCRIPTION: Rotherham Grammar School Old Boys' Association War Memorial is in the style of a medieval cross with a central York rose motif. The tapering octagonal shaft rises from an octagonal plinth and two-stepped base. The inscription panels are located within niches in two tiers on the plinth.

The First World War dedicatory plaque is located on the upper tier and reads IN/ HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE OLD BOYS OF/ THIS SCHOOL WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT/ WAR./ 1914 – 1918/ “WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE.” The other seven plaques in this tier list the names of the fallen.

On the lower tier is the plaque to the fallen of the Second World War which reads 1939 – 1945/ THESE ALSO KEPT THE FAITH. Again subsequent plaques have the list of names. Also on the second tier is a plaque to the one Old Boy who lost his life in the Falklands conflict. This plaque simply reads THE FALKLANDS CONFLICT/ 1982/ (NAME).