Memorial

Newbold

Newbold Village Cross

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On the eastern side of the road, between Dukes Drive and Newbold Road., Newbold (Littlemoor) War Memorial, Littlemoor (B6150), Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8QQ, England

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SK 36928 72941

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 657
Description: A roughly dressed sandstone cross on a pedestal and base with several plaques and a tablet. The wheel cross has a tapered shaft and surmounts a battered oblong pedestal and a square two-stepped base. A recessed dressed panel on the 6 o'clock face of the pedestal bears the original inlaid inscription in upright capital roman lettering. A tall trapezoidal bronze plaque with raised border was subsequently set into the 6 o'clock face of the cross shaft bearing a further WW1 inscription and names list in raised upright capital lettering. A further tall trapezoidal bronze plaque with polished raised border was subsequently set into the 12 o'clock face of the cross shaft bearing a WW2 inscription and namelist in raised upright capital polished lettering, and a similar small oblong supplementary plaque with a further name was added at a later date. A square black granite tablet was later affixed to the 12 o'clock face of the pedestal with a gilded incised inscription in upright capital block lettering relating to subsequent conflicts.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face of pedestal: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF NEWBOLD / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919. // Plaque on 6 o'clock face of cross shaft: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF / THESE MEN OF NEWBOLD WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / (Names) Main plaque on 12 o'clock face of cross shaft: IN RESPECTFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE FROM NEWBOLD/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 - 1945/ AND ALL CONFLICTS/ (Names) Supplementary plaque on 12 o'clock face of cross shaft: WWII/ (Name) Tablet on 12 o'clock face of pedestal: OTHER CONFLICTS/ (Name)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 74
Died: 74
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of names: surname,forename

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 24
Died: 24
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of names: surname

War: Afghanistan (2001-2014)
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