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Title
Olivers Mount War Memorial
Date
1923
Medium
granite
Measurements
H 2500 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E)
Accession number
YO11_FJ_S032
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Scarborough Borough Council
Custodian
Scarborough Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
26th September 1923
Listing date
08/06/73
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on a plaque at the base of the obelisk: "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."; plaque on the opposite face: "AND LO THEY PASSED OVER / AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR THEM / ON THE OTHER SIDE."