Eyam Parish Memorial

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Reference WMO/149239

Address:

St Lawrence's Church

Church Street

Eyam

S32 5QH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: CWGC style Cross of Sacrifice
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A limestone wheel cross with tapered shaft on a battered limestone plinth with rounded upper arrises, on a three-stepped rectangular limestone base. Face 1 of the cross has carved fleurs de lys on the arms, foliation at the head and a carved Crusader's sword. Face 3 of the cross has a pelican feeding its young carved in the centre. Faces 2 and 4 of the cross have a carved lotus flower and foliation. An endless chain is carved on the wheel. On the side of the chain are laurel leaves, and at the base is a flame. Commemoration in leaded lettering on the shaft of the cross and on the steps. Pink granite tablets on the four faces of the pedestal are incised with WW1 names in gilt upright capital block lettering. An inclined lower pink Balmoral granite tablet on stone backboard has incised WW2 inscription in gilt upright capital lettering. All set within a paved area surrounded by stone bollards supporting metal chain railings. Maker's name on lower step is illegible.
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Face 1 of cross shaft: IN/ IMPERISHABLE/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF EYAM,/ WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914-1919./ Face 1 tablet: (Names/ Face 1 top step: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ Face 2 tablet: (Names)/ Face 3 of cross shaft: THEY WHOM/ THIS MONUMENT/ COMMEMORATES WERE/ NUMBERED AMONG/ THOSE WHO AT THE CALL/ OF KING AND COUNTRY,/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS/ DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED/ HARDNESS, FACED DANGER/ AND FINALLY PASSED OUT/ OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY/ THE PATH OF DUTY AND/ SELF-SACRIFICE, GIVING/ UP THEIR OWN LIVES/ THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE/ IN FREEDOM/ LET THOSE WHO COME/ AFTER SEE TO IT THAT/ THESE NAMES BE NOT/ FORGOTTEN./ Face 3 tablet: (Names)/ Face 4 tablet: (Names)/ Tablet in front of face 1: ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

WW1, Charles Dronfield, Samuel Needham, Frank R Froggatt, Joseph Purseglove, Fred Daniel, Harry Buxton, Joseph C Twigg, John E Maltby, Tom Frith, George West, Abraham White, Arthur E Hemsworth, Joseph Wilson, Leonard Bullard, Robert A Dane, Walter Twigg, Francis J Eyre, WW2, Sydney J Golding, Joseph Mather, Harry Watkins, Henry Waller, Albert Dronfield, Frank Maxted

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