Memorial

Tideswell

Pedestal - location view

Source: Copyright J B E Hale

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Current Location

Market Square, Tideswell, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England

SK 152 757

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 14482
Description: A foliated stone cross and ornate shaft on a stone pedestal and stepped base, set in a small garden. The inscription is in black lettering on the pedestal.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: IN EVER/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS TOWN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY'S/ SAKE IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ AND IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names) THEY WHOM THIS MEMORIAL/ COMMEMORATES WERE NUMBERED/ AMONG THOSE WHO AT THE CALL/ OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT/ ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM/ ENDURED HARDNESS FACED/ DANGERS 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 THEIR NAMES/ ARE NOT FORGOTTEN./ (Names)

Cross

Height: c4500mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Unknown