Memorial

Cromford

Cromford Memorial

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Current Location

Garden of Remembrance, Cromford Hill (A5012), near junction with Derby Road (A6), Cromford, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England

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SK 29606 56943

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 14503
Description: A canopied crucifix on an octagonal column surmounting a rectangular pedestal on three steps. The whole is surrounded by a paved path and is situated in a small garden. The main inscription is on a nowy-headed bronze plaque on the 6 o'clock face and the names are on rectangular bronze plaques on the 3, 6, 9 o'clock faces. Two additional plaques in marble-material were attached to the lower steps on the 3 and 9 o clock faces to commemorate men lost on the centenary of WW1 and the 75th anniversary of WW2
Inscription: 6 o'clock face, upper plaque: IN/ IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF CROMFORD/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919./ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." 6 o'clock face, lower plaque: 1939 1945/ (Names) 3 o'clock face upper plaque: (1914-1919 Names) Lower plaque TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF WW1 / 1914 - 2014 / IN MEMORY OF THE LOCAL MEN / OF CROMFORD AND SCARTHIN / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES 9 o'clock face upper plaque: (1914-1919 Names) Lower plaque TO COMMEMORATE 75 YEARS OF WW2 / 1939 - 2014 / IN MEMORY OF THE LOCAL MEN / OF CROMFORD AND SCARTHIN / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 18
Died: 18
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of names: surname,forename

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 10
Died: 10
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of names: surname,forename

History

Costs: c£260 in 1919.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

13 July 1919

Sergeant Major Gillott

Dedicated

13 July 1919

Bishop of Southwell

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