Memorial

St James Church

Memorial cross at St James' Church

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St James Church, Junction Of Malcolm St And Dairy House Rd., Rose Hill, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8LU, England

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SK 357 346

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 19005
Description: A wheel cross of Darley Dale Gritstone on a battered pedestal and two-step base. Carved design of intertwined strapwork on upper part of cross face. Inscription in upright capital block lettering inlaid in trapezoidal Hopton limestone tablets set into sides of pedestal. Further inscription incised into top step of base.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face of pedestal: THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED/ IN PROUD AND (THAN)KFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM/ THE CHURCH AND PARISH/ OF ST. JAMES, DERBY/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT EUROPEAN WAR./ 1914-1918/ E. A. Adams F. A. Aldred F. Anthony C. W. Appleyard J. T. Archer H. W. Athey A. E. V. Atkins C. Bates H. Beighton A. Benfield S. H. Bennett J. Bidder F. G. Blood W. Blott L. Bosley W. Bowerman R. Burgess W. Broadhurst G. W. Brown S. V. Chatterton A. H. Cholerton 9 o'clock face of pedestal: (Names) T. A. Clarke S. Cook C. A. Collie H. Collins F. W. Colton T. W. Cowley W. H. Coy C. Dexter A. Dewick B. C. S. Dixon J. A. Draper A. Dredge A. Durant W. Dyke S. Eccles A. Elks A. Elton S. Farrell C. W. Fearn W. Fenton T. C. Fetherston C. Fisher T. Fitzgerald A. C. Fitzhugh W. Fletcher F. C. Ford H. Foxon J. H. Fulcher E. Gay F.Gay W. J. Gent C. E. Goddard W. Green W. Grice F. Hall H. H. Hall D. Hampson J. Hampson J. A. Hands H. Hardy A. Harris P. P. Harrison V. Harrison G. H. Heapy F. D. Heath 12 o'clock face of pedestal: (Names) S. Hickling W. H. Hill A. V. Hinks G. Holden V. H. Hudson S. H. Hunt L. Ingram C. E. Jackson A. D. Jones J. W. Jones A. E. Kaulfuss W. Keeling G. W. Kerry S. Kirk H. Lawson W. Lear W. H. R. Leeson F. C. Liscomb C. Litchfield G. H. Litchfield J. H. Littledyke W. Mansell T. W. Marshall A. Martin P. McQuone H. W. Morley H. Morris G. H. Mosley R. Mumby F. Murton J. Neal E. Parker E. Pashley W. Pass G. Peberdy J. F. Pegg H. Pell S. A. Pell R. Piggin F. Poyser T. Price H. Prust E. E. Radford A. W. Read T. Read J. Richardson E. Riley F. Robinson J. C. Robinson C. Robotham E. Rowley 3 o'clock face of pedestal: (Names) L. Roy T. Royston A. W. Scrivens R. W. Sephton C. M. Sharp C. F. Shaw T. C. Shelton T. Slack G. Smith J. Speed W. Speed T. C. H. Stafford F. Stansfield L. J. Stapleford R. V. Starkey A. Stenson A. T. Sweeney E. A. Tarbuck A. Tatlow C. Taylor H. Tayton A. E. Thompson C. W. H. Tidman G. A. Turner S. Turner E. Tyers E. B. Underwood J. Vale H. V. Varney F. P. Vickers E. Walker W. H. Walker G. Ward T. H. Ward C. Warden E. Warn A. Wasley W. Waterbury J. Watts G. R. Webster E. T. Wells J. Wheatley R. Willman E. Woodcock I. Wragg W. Yeomans 6 o'clock face of base: THIS CROSS WAS UNVEILED ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 19TH. 1920./ BY Lieut. Col. Herbert-Stepney D.S.O./ DEDICATED BY THE Right Rev. Charles Abraham D.D. BISHOP OF DERBY. 12 o'clock face of base: G.R.A. HARTLEY M.A. VICAR./J. FOSTER./ W.J. SMITH. M.B.E. CHURCHWARDENS (Partly illegible)

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