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Reference WMO/215334

Address:

St John's Church

Queen Victoria Road

New Tupton

S42 6BL

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Limestone
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A freestanding monument comprising a cross with attached plaques. The white limestone wheel cross has a crown in relief on a roundel at the centre and decorative panels around the base. It surmounts a cruciform white limestone pediment and plinth on a sandstone base. The pedestal has a moulded and bevelled top and originally bore the WW1 inscription on the front and side faces. These surfaces have subsequently been refaced with plaques bearing WW1 and WW2 inscriptions. The plinth bears a quotation on the front face in sentence case gothic lettering in relief but that is now very eroded. Bronze plaques relating to WW1 and WW2 have been attached to the front and side faces of the pedestal and base. The plaques have narrow raised borders and bear dedications and names in raised upright capital block lettering.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (42 names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ AND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (11 names)/ THE ABOVE NAMES ARE OF PARISHIONERS KILLED WHILST SERVING IN/ HIS MAJESTIES FORCES/ (11 names)/ THE ABOVE NAMES ARE OF PARISHIONERS KILLED IN THE AIR RAID ON TUPTON/ ON THE 15TH MARCH 1941; Plaque on top of pedestal: 1914 - 2014, We remember

WW1-Left plaques on pedestal: ALLIBAN W B/ ALTON W/ BAINBRIDGE H/ BALDWIN I/ BATE T W/ BEARD F/ BICKNELL E/ BICKNELL J T/ BUNCE T/ BURBIDGE J S/ BUNTON H; Plaque 2- CONNOR J/ CORBETT W/ CORBETT W/ DAYKIN J/ DILKS A/ ELLIOTT F/ EWING A/ FIRBY G W/ GITTOS G/ GOODWIN J; Right plaques on pedestal: Plaque 1- GOODWIN S/ GOODWIN W/ HARDING G H/ HILL W H/ JOHNSON S/ JONES G/ KIRK J/ LLOYD W/ MORTON T/ PERKINS J M; Plaque 2- HOLLINGWORTH C/ POYSER A/ SAVILLE H/ SCAMMELL S J A/ SHAW J W/ SHEPHERD H/ STONE G/ SUMMERS E/ WATKINS F E/ WESTBURY W R/ WOODHOUSE A; WW2 Killed in HM Forces- Column 1- BALL A/ BETTON GEO/ CLAYTON G E/ DAVIES E/ ELLIOTT F A/ GERMANY R; Column 2- JONES R/ JOYCE C/ KIRK J/ POTTER J D/ RHUCROFT R/ GREEN D; WW2 Civilians Killed in air raid- Column 1-MR S COCKING/ MRS M COCKING/ MRS A H HEATH/ MR S HIGGS/ MRS N HIGGS/ TONY HIGGS; Column 2- MRS M HOGGARTH/ MR F HOWE/ MRS E HOWE/ TERENCE HOWE/ MISS P L LEE

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