Reference WMO/95104
Address:
Civic Quarter
Rishworth Street
Junction with Bond Street
Wakefield
WF1
England
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- Stone Stone (any)
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Grants to support the repair and conservation of war memorials are available from the charity War Memorials Trust if it has raised funds. Support is focused on war memorials in Very bad or Poor condition or where there is a serious Concern.
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Upper Plaque: 'When you go home tell them of us/ and say for your tomorrows we gave our today' 'At the going down of the sun and in the/ morning we will remember them'Middle Plaque: This monument is erected to perpetuate/ the memory of the men of this city, who/ in the Great War 1914-1919 fought of/ good fight, dying in the cause of humanity/ that honour might live. /// Their names are inscribed on the Roll of/ Honour, which is deposited in the Town Hall. Lower Plaque: The monument also perpetuates the/ memory of the men and women of this/ city, who died in the World War of/ 1939-1945. Separate Stone: In memory of the sacrifice made by men and women/ of this district who have died in conflicts/ around the world since 1945. /// Their names are inscribed on the Roll of Honour.
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