Memorial
St Johns Church
Current Location
St Johns Churchyard, Upper Dunstead Rd, Aldercar, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, NG16 4FH, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 446 479
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 14368
- Description
- A stone cross and a seat. The plain sandstone wheel cross and tapered shaft surmount an oblong battered pedestal, with bevelled top and pedimented faces, and an oblong plinth and base. Slate tablets are recessed into the 6 o'clock faces of the shaft, pedestal and plinth and bear the inscriptions and names in different styles of upright capital lettering coloured gold and white. The wooden seat is built into the adjacent boundary wall.
- Inscription
- Tablet on cross shaft: THIS PANEL/ AND THE SEAT BELOW/ WERE PLACED HERE/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF ALDERCAR/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945./ (Names) Tablet on pedestal: (Names) Tablet on plinth: THIS CROSS IS ERECTED IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN FROM THIS CHURCH AND DISTRICT WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918./ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 22
- Died
- 22
- Information shown
- surname
- Order of names
- surname
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 8
- Died
- 8
- Information shown
- surname
Components
- Cross
Height: 1900mm
Width: 700mm
Depth: 225mm
Made from: Stone - Sandstone
Condition: Good
- Pedestal
Height: 530mm
Width: 690mm
Depth: 605mm
Made from: Stone - Sandstone
Condition: Good
- Plinth
Height: 230mm
Width: 915mm
Depth: 840mm
Made from: Stone - Sandstone
Condition: Good
- Base
Height: 760mm
Width: 1670mm
Depth: 1610mm
Made from: Stone - Sandstone
Condition: Good
- Tablet
Height: 460mm
Width: 285mm
Depth: -
Made from: Slate
Condition: Good
- Seat
Height: 650mm
Width: 2020mm
Depth: 430mm
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
- Other website Heanor and District Local History Society - page gives photo and names. http://www.heanorhistory.org.uk/remembrance.htm
- Roll of Honour Page gives names and biographies. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Derbyshire/Aldercar.html