Memorial and grave of Arthur Currer Briggs at NGR 2673 3905 in Lawnswood Cemetery

The memorial and grave of Arthur Currer Briggs is located in Lawnswood Cemetery and was created in 1908 by the sculptor William Hamo Thornycroft. It features a base made of Portland stone with bronze lettering and is topped by a bronze plaque that depicts a figure of a sower and an angel in relief, with a shallow triangular pediment above. The inscription on the front reads: 'ARTHVR CVRRER BRIGGS/ BORN AT OVTWOOD HALL WAKEFIELD JVLY 23. 1855/ DIED AT GLEDHOW GRANGE LEEDS AVGVST 31. 1906/ AGED 51 YEARS./ ALSO HELEN HIS WIFE/ BORN MAY 23. 1860/ DIED NOVEMBER 17. 1936'. Above the plaque is the phrase 'FORTITER ET FIDELITER'. On the rear, there is an inscription detailing his roles as 'LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEEDS 1903-04/ ALDERMAN OF THE CITY OF LEEDS 1904-06/ CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HENRY BRIGGS & COMPANY LTD/ WHITWOOD COLLIERIES NORMANTON./ THIS MONUMENT PLACED TO HIS DEAR MEMORY BY HIS WIFE HELEN AND CHILDREN DOROTHY, REGINALD MARTIN, DONALD HENRY./ HAMO THORNYCROFT RA SCULPSIT 1908'.