Memorial

Cressbrook - WW1 and WW2

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Current Location

In a small, walled plot, built into the bank on the uphill side of the road., 45, Middle Row, Cressbrook, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, SK17 8SX, England

OS Grid Reference

SK 16982 73117

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 14464
Description: A sandstone monument comprising a pillar on a square pedestal and base, set into an elevated walled enclosure reached by a flight of seven steps. The rear wall of the enclosure has two tablets listing those who served in WW2. The square, tapered pillar has a moulded cap above a wreath in relief on each face. Each face of the pillar has a recessed panel with a roundel at the centre: the roundel on the 6 o'clock face contains a King George crown in relief. The pedestal bears inscriptions on three faces. A wreath and ribbons in relief with the dates and the commemoration are on the 6 o'clock face: the names of those who died are beneath. Those who served and returned on the 9 and 3 o'clock faces. The pedestal surmounts a plain base. The two upright oblong tablets have plain rebated borders and rest on stone brackets. The main inscriptions are incised in mixed styles of upright gothic lettering. The names are incised in upright capitals, those for WW1 being block and those for WW2 being roman lettering.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: Faithful unto death/ 1914/ 1919/ SACRED/ To the Memory of the/ MEN of CRESSBROOK/ who fell in the GREAT WAR/ (Names) 9 o'clock face: Roll of Honour/ (Names) 3 o'clock face: Roll of Honour/ (Names) West tablet: WORLD WAR II/ (Names) East tablet: 1939 - 45./ (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 67
Served: 60
Died: 7
Information shown: surname, initials, age of death
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 36
Served: 36
Information shown: surname, initials
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): MESSRS BODEN, Mason
Maintenance History: 29 January 2014: The two WW2 tablets had an accumulation of lichen and were not easy to read. 4 July 1986: The memorial lies within the Cressbrook Conservation Area first designated on that date. 22 March 1985: The memorial was listed Grade II, Heritage List for England reference 1158755. 17 April 1951: The memorial lies within the Peak District National Park designated on that date.

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Cressbrook - WW1 and WW2

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Commemoration

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Cressbrook - WW1 and WW2

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

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