Cossall Waterloo Memorial

Waterloo memorial erected in 1877.

MATERIALS: stone and white marble.

PLAN: the memorial is located in the churchyard of St Catherine’s Church.

EXTERIOR: the memorial rests on a rectangular stone base and a stepped, chamfered square platform of white marble. Upon this rests an octagonal column of white marble which is encircled by a laurel wreath and surmounted by a carved leaf finial. At the base of the memorial, also in white marble, is a carved plumed helmet, breastplate and crossed sabres of a Life Guardsman. The plinth bears the following inscription: WATERLOO / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN SHAW &/ RICHARD WAPLINGTON,/ OF THE/ LIFE GUARDS,/ AND/ THOMAS WHEATLEY,/ OF THE/ LIGHT DRAGOON GUARDS,/ WHO LEFT THEIR NATIVE HOME/ IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY,/ THE TWO/ FORMER GLORIOUSLY/ FELL AT WATERLOO, THE LATTER/ RETURNED, AND LIES BURIED IN/ THIS CHURCH/ YARD/ VALOUR.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 22 November 2017.