War Memorial at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 2001. Monument.

War Memorial at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

WRENN ID
winter-barrel-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 2001
Type
Monument
Address
War Memorial at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Northgate
OS grid reference
SE 330 214
Coordinates
53.68818, -1.50137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School was built between 1921 and 1922. It is made of ashlar stone and bronze and has a square plan. The monument features a tall square Classical design with a low base and a stepped plinth. The front of the base has the inscription in bronze, "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE," while the sides display bronze plaques listing the names of those who died in the Great War. Above the base, fluted Doric pilasters at each corner support an entablature and frieze. The main front includes a bronze sword of remembrance and the school coat-of-arms encircled by a laurel wreath. At the top of the monument is a bronze sculpture of a bugler.

Local climate

War Memorial at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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