Draft:Pontefract War Memorial

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{{Short description|War memorial in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England}}

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Pontefract War Memorial stands on Cornmarket in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was first erected on Wakefield Road as a memorial to those who had fallen in the First World War.

History

The memorial was commissioned with a cost of £1,230 which was funded by public subscription and was constructed by E. Raynor & Sons of Woodlesford. It was originally sited on in front of the Robin Hood public house on Wakefield Road by Brigadier-General C.B., Ingham Brooke C.M.G., D.S.O and Richard Husband the Mayor of Pontefract on 27 September 1923.{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/29171|publisher=Imperial War Museum|title=Pontefract War Memorial|date=|accessdate=2022-11-28}} The monument was relocated from its original location when the Jubilee Way dual carriageway was constructed. Remmebrance Sunday parades centre on the war memorial.

Construction

File:Remembrance Sunday Parade, Pontefract (13th November 2022) 011.jpg commemorations in 2022]]

The memorial is built of Scottish grey granite. It has four polished panels with inscriptions. The memorial is mounted on a York stone plinth and surrounded by twelve granite pillars which themselves are connected by eight granite chains.{{cite web|url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/95123|publisher=War Memorials Online|title=Pontefract War Memorial|date=|accessdate=2022-11-13}}

=Panel inscriptions=

The four panels are inscribed as follows:

Inscription of 'The names of the dead are inscribed in the Roll of Honour kept among the archives of the Borough'
Inscription of 'To the memory of our Fallen Comrades, 1914–1918, 1939–1945'
Crests of the York and Lancaster and the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry regiments

The memorial does not show the names of the casualties it commemorates.

Other memorials

There are several other war memorials in Pontefract. The only other publicly accessible one is in the churchyard of All Saints' Church which commemorates and names local casualties of both world wars and the Barnbow disaster.{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Pontefract/PontefractAllSaintsWM_0Transcription|publisher=Genuki|title=Pontefract, War Memorial transcription|date=|accessdate=2022-11-28}} There is also one inside Micklegate Methodist Church commemorating the casualties from Tanshelf and Micklegate Methodist churches.{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/94844|publisher=Imperial War Museum|title=Pontefract War Memorial|date=|accessdate=2022-11-28}} The memorial was salvaged from Tanshelf Methodist Church after it burned down in 1965 and was installed in Micklegate Methodist Church following its opening in 1969.

References

:Category:Pontefract

:Category:World War I memorials in England

:Category:Outdoor sculptures in England

:Category:Monuments and memorials in West Yorkshire

:Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1920

:Category:Granite sculptures in the United Kingdom

:Category:Cenotaphs in the United Kingdom

:Category:Military history of West Yorkshire