Swanwick- Calvary

Swanwick St Andrew's - Taken by G W Martin 05 Aug 1988

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Reference WMO/253885

Address:

The Green

Swanwick

DE55 1AN

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)

Type: Freestanding

Location: External

Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace

Description: Calvary

Materials:

Metal Metal (any)
Stone Sandstone

Lettering: Incised

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)
Second World War (1939-1945)

About the memorial: A sandstone pillar surmounted by a small oak canopied crucifix and mounted on a square sandstone pedestal and three stepped base. The tapered pillar has chamfered arisses terminating just above the base. The top two steps of the base are hexagonal in plan and the lower step is deeper, irregular in plan, and has the incised inscription in upright capital block lettering on the front faces. Metal plaques have been added to three faces of the pedestal and have the incised inscription in upright capital block lettering coloured white. The memorial was moved from its original position about 50 metres to the Northwest, near the junction of Swanwick Hill and The Green. This was to facilitate maintenance of the churchyard and to improve access to the memorial during memorial services. Unknown date: Metal plaques were added to the stone pedestal. c1990: The crucifix was replaced March 2011: The pillar had a slight chip at the head of the 6 o'clock face. The incised inscription on the base was slightly eroded and had small patches of dense moss growth in parts, making it difficult to read. The metal plaques had become discoloured and were also difficult to read in parts

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Comments:

Daily Independent; 3 November, 1934; page 7 column 7; a report of a local controversy regarding the format of the Remembrance Day service.; Derbyshire Advertiser; 17 November, 1922; page 12 column 4; photographs of some of the components of the memorial.; Derbyshire Times; 13 November, 1936; page 22 column 4.; 4 December, 1936: page 21 column 4. ; 11 December, 1936; page 19 column 6; items on the additional names controversy.; Ripley and Heanor News; 15 March, 1929; page 3 column 2: a report that the Womens Section of the British Legion would take over the care of the memorial.; Ibid; 19 October, 1934; page 7 column 4; report on an agreement on the format of the Remembrance Day service.; Sheffield Daily Telegraph; 13 November, 1922; page 8 column 6: a report of the unveiling ceremony.;

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c1922: A local war memorial committee, composed mainly of ministers from various churches, procured the memorial and arranged for its installation at the back of the footway at the junction of The Green and Derby Road. Seats were built into the adjacent curved stone walls.; 11 November 1922: The memorial was unveiled by Capt Henry Fitzherbert Wright BA, formerly of the Royal Artillery, and dedicated by Rev C G Everitt, vicar of the Church of St Andrew.; Unknown date: A post and chain fence was erected to separate the memorial from the footway.; October, 1936: The names of four former servicemen who had recently died were engraved on the memorial, leading to a well publicised controversy, the solution to which was not revealed to the public..; Unknown date (c1950?): A metal plaque was added to the stone pedestal to commemorate the fallen of WW2. A further plaque listed names of the WW1 fallen and a third plaque gave the dedication.; Late 1970s: The memorial was moved about 25 metres southeast of its original position. This was to facilitate maintenance of the churchyard and to improve access to the memorial during memorial services.
c1990: The crucifix was replaced.

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Inscription:

REMEMBER O LORD, THESE THY SERVANTS WHO DIED FOR US AND GRANT THEM THINE ETERNAL REST. AMEN/ (Names) 6 o'clock face of pedestal: 1914/ 1918 Plaque on 6 o'clock face: REMEMBER O LORD/ THESE THY SERVANTS/ WHO DIED FOR US AND/ GRANT THEM THINE ETERNAL REST Plaque on 9 o'clock face: 1914 - 1918/ (Names) Plaque on 3 o'clock face: 1939 - 1945: (Names)

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Plaque on 9 o'clock face: 1914 - 1918 C. J. BACON R. H. BACON E. BEIGHTON/ J. L. BOOTH J. BUXTON F. W. CHALLONER/ A. A. ELLIOT L. R. ELLIOT O. ELLIOT/ A. K. FRYER M.M. W. H. GOODALL G. A. GRANEY/ T. GREEN M.M. A. HANBURY F. HANBURY/ H. HILL L. HILL A. H. HOLMES O. A HOLT/ W. JONES H. LEAM D. O'CALLAGHAN/ C. H. RADFORD J. STEEPLES H. STOPPARD/ T. W. TAYLOR F. TURNER G. J. WALLER/ H. WALLER W. H. WALTERS A. WAGER; Plaque on 3 o'clock face: 1939 - 1945 F. COOPER/ W. FLINT/ P. LYNAM/ R. MATHEWS S. SMITH/ F. M. TARLTON/ F. TUFT; 9, 8 and 7 o'clock faces of plinth: J. L. BOOTH./ D. O'CALLAGHAN./ A. K. FRYER M.M. G. J. BACON. R. H. BACON. E. BEIGHT/ A. A. ELLIOTT. L. R. ELLIOTT. O. EL/ T. W. TAYLOR. F. TURNER. A. WAGON./ , LIOTT. W. H. GOODALL. C. A./ ER. G. J. WALLER. H. WALLER.; 6 o'clock face of plinth: GRANEY. A. HANBURY. H. HILL. L. HILL. A. H. HOLMES O. A. HOLT. W./ W. H. WALTERS. 5 and 3 o'clock face of plinth: ETERNAL REST. AMEN + J. BUXTON. T. W. CHALLONER./ JONES. H. LEAM. C. H. RADFORD. J. STEEPLES. H. STOPP[ARD.]

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