Tideswell WW2

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Reference WMO/251691

Address:

St John the Baptist Church

Commercial Road

Tideswell

SK17 8LF

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Composite
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
  • Timber Oak
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A composite memorial comprising a board, an altar and a picture. The wall mounted oaken board is the first item to be seen as it is on the west wall of the nave, just inside the door. It has a roundel at the head containing a depiction in relief of the eagle, submachine gun and anchor badge of the Combined Operations unit and the incised inscription and names which are in upright capital roman lettering. The board is contained within an oaken frame which has a broad border of sprays of oak leaves and acorns, with a small shield at the top centre bearing a St George's cross and a similar shield at the bottom centre bearing a saltire. The altar and picture are in the Lady Chapel, also known as the Chapel of the Guild of St Mary. The altar is by the east wall and the picture is on the wall behind and above it. The picture is a stone tablet painted with a depiction of Mary, the baby Jesus and two children, and is know as 'Unto Babes'.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF/ [names]/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945./ HARRY GREGORY DIED OF WOUNDS/ OCTOBER 1944.

REGINALD S. BARBER/ REGINALD CARTLEDGE/ WESLEY E. DALTON/ STANLEY FLINT/ JAMES MAKIN/ CHARLES E. PENNOCK/ WALTER SINCLAIR/ FRANK WOOD; HARRY GREGORY DIED OF WOUNDS OCTOBER 1944.

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