Matlock - Obelisk

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Reference WMO/109480

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Church Street

Old Matlock

DE4 3RR

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Northern Ireland
About the memorial: Access from St Giles Church. Names on bronze plaques in raised lettering. An ashlar sandstone obelisk on a two stepped base and surmounted by a wheel formy cross. Chamfered recesses around the base of the obelisk contain bronze First World War plaques. Bronze Second World War and Northern Ireland plaques are attached to the obelisk surface below the First World War plaques. Inscription cast in upright capital block lettering. Small cubical limestone vase added to bottom step later. Michael Frederick Prime (the Northern Island casualty) is buried in St Giles' Churchyard.
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6 o'clock face WW1 plaque: 1914-1919/ IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF OUR MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ HONOUR AND FREEDOM./ "HE LIVES IN FAME/ THAT DIED IN VIRTUE'S CAUSE." 9 o'clock face WW1 plaque: (Names) 12 o'clock face WW1 plaque: (Names) 3 o'clock face WW1 plaque: (Names) 6 o'clock face WW2 plaque: 1939-1945/ "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" 9 o'clock face WW2 plaque: (Names) 12 o'clock face WW2 plaque: (Names) 3 o'clock face WW2 plaque: (Names) 6 o'clock face Northern Ireland plaque: (Name)/ NORTHERN IRELAND ; Vase: GIVEN BY/ MATLOCK/ CIVIC/ ASSOCIATION/ 1998

WW1 plaque on 3 o'clock  face of obelisk: Column 1- E. ALLEN./ J. T. ALLEN./ T. ALLEN./ WA. ALLEN./ WM. ALLEN./ G. E. ANDREWS./ H. H. ANDREWS./ F. G. A. ARKWRIGHT./ G. W. ASHTON./ F. BAGSHAW./ H. BAGSHAW./ W. BAGSHAW./ J. BAGSHAW./ G. BALLINGTON./ G. BARNES./ H. BARNES./ W. BATES./ W. BEARD./ G. W. BODEN./ S. BODEN./ J. W. BOOTH./ G. F. BOWER. ;# Column 2- J. W. BRADWELL./ W. J. BRIDDON./ J. E. BROCKLEHURST./ C. BUNTING./ O. BUNTING./ F. BUXTON./ T. BUXTON./ A. B. CAMPBELL./ H. S. CHECKLEY./ C. CLARKE./ H. CLAY./ J. CLAY./ L. CLAY./ H. COOK./ E. COOPER./ H. COWLISHAW./ F. CROFT./ G. CROWDER./ G. CROWTHER.; Column 3- F. W. DAKIN./ L. DERBYSHIRE./ L. G. DICKINSON./ C. D. DUMAS./ W. EAKIN./ G. ELSE./ J. ELSE./ A. FARNSWORTH./ P. FARNSWORTH./ T. FEARN./ J. FLETCHER./ F. FLINT./ O. FLINT./ C. FOX./ F. FOX./ G. FOX./ I.S. FOX./ J. S. FOX./ S. FOX.; WW1 plaque on 12 o'clock  face of obelisk: Column 1- C. J. W. GOODWIN./ E. GIBB./ H. L. GREY./ A. GREGORY./ E. GREGORY./ F. GREGORY./ J. J. GREGORY./ S. GROCOTT./ G. S. HALL./ W. HALLAM./ J. HANDLEY./ F. HAWLEY./ E. HAYNES./ J. H. HAYES./ E. HENSTOCK./ S. HENSTOCK./ F. A. HETHERINGTON/ A. HOLMES./ A. HOLMES-BOWER./ H. HOLMES./ J. HOLMES./ R. HOLMES.; Column 2- W. HOLMES./ W. HOLLAND./ J. HOPKINSON./ E. L. HOUSLEY./ J. C. HYDE./ A. KEELING./ W. KEELING./ G. E. KENWORTHY./ J. A. C. KERSEY./ C. J. KNOWLES./ W. R. KNOWLES./ J. LAND./ F. J. LEWIS./ S. LILL./ C. H. LILY./ A. LOVELL./ H. LOWE./ J. MARGERRISON./ B. MILNE./ R. MILNE.; Column 3- J. MILLS./ J. H. P. MITCHELL./ G. A. MOORE./ J. MOXON./ J. J. MUIR./ I. MYCOCK./ F. NIXON./ W. H. OATES./ C. PARTRIDGE./ G. PARTRIDGE./ A. POULTNEY./ H. PURSGLOVE./ J. RADFORD./ W. RAWSON./ A. READ./ C. E. READ./ W. H. RILEY./ B. ROUSE./ W. H. RYLANDS.; WW1 plaque on 9 o'clock  face of obelisk: Column 1- J. SEEDHOUSE./ G. SELLORS./ H. SELLORS./ AL. SHAW./ AR. SHAW./ E. SIMPSON./ E. SLATER./ G. SLATER./ J. J. SLATER./ F. SMITH./ H. SMITH./ I. SMITH./ J. SMITH./ R. SMITH./ S. A. SMITH./ W. SMITH./ A. SPENCER./ G. STACEY./ J. STATHAM./ J. STONE.; Column 2- G. W. STOREY./ H. SWINSCOE./ W. E. TAYLOR./ G. THOMPSON./ A. THORPE./ H. TOFT./ T. F. TOMLINSON./ A. TOPLIS./ J. TOPLIS./ H. TOWE./ J. W. TWIGG./ E. VINCENT./ A. WALL./ J. WALL./ L. WALL./ R. W. WALL./ T. WALTERS.; Column 3- B. WARD./ R. WARD./ A. WHEATCROFT./ F. WHEATCROFT./ T. WHERRETT./ F. WHITE./ C. WILDGOOSE./ E. H. WILDGOOSE./ J. H. WILDGOOSE./ N. WILDGOOSE./ C. C. WILLCOCK./ T. WILSON./ J. WOODHOUSE./ R. WOODHOUSE./ W. H. WOODIWISS./ C. W. WOOLLEY./ J. WOOLLEY./ G. B. WRAGG./ H. WRAGG./ J. W. WYATT.; WW2 plaque on 3 o'clock  face of obelisk: Column 2- C. T. P. E. ALSOP./ T. ALLSOPP./ J. T. ALLWOOD./ H. BALLINGTON./ C. BARNES./ F. K. BONSALL.; Column 2- W. S. BOWLER./ S. H. BRIDDON./ S. BROWN./ W. CROUCH./ S. GAUNT./ H. GOULD.; Column 3- C. C. GREGORY./ H. GRIMSHAW./ M. G. HAM./ K. G. HARRISON./ A. E. HOOD.; WW2 plaque on 12 o'clock  face of obelisk: Column 1- F. A. JONES./ F. J. KENNEDY./ F. S. KING./ T. KIRWAN./ E. J. LOVEROCK./ W. H. LOWE.; Column 2- G. B. MOORE./ T. R. MOWATT./ F. J. OWENS./ W. PENNINGTON./ H. POUNDALL.; Column 3- T.A. SCOTTHORNE./ H. SHELDON./ C. SLATER./ A. L. SLATER./ G. T. SLATER./ W. STAFFORD.; WW2 plaque on 9 o'clock  face of obelisk: Column 1- F. B. VALLANCE./ R. VALLANCE./ C. WALL./ C. WALTHALL.; Column 2- R. N. R. WHERRETT./ G. T. WIBBERLEY./ R. J. S. WICKS./ F. B. H. WILDGOOSE./ K. W. WILSON.; Column 3- J. WOOD./ E. K. WOOD./ A. E. WOOLLEY./ H. YOUNG.; M. F. PRIME/ NORTHERN IRELAND

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