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    Memorial

    Eakring

    Eakring

    Source: Copyright Heather Brown

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    Current Location

    St Andrew's Church, Church Lane, Eakring, Newark And Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0DB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 67556 62208

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    27137
    Description
    TAPERING SMOOTHLY WORKED CELTIC ON ROUGH HEWN PLINTH WITH INSET NAME PANELS. CELTIC-STYLE CARVING ON HEAD OF CROSS.
    Inscription
    West face: ERECTED IN TOKEN OF /GRATITUDE TO GOD /FOR VICTORY AND TO THE/ HONOUR OF THE MEN OF/EAKRING WHO SERVED /IN THE GREAT WAR/ KILLED/ (NAMES) North face: SERVED (NAMES)/ WOUNDED/ (NAMES) South face: SERVED/ (NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    44
    Served
    32
    Died
    12
    Information shown
    surname, initials of forenames
    Maintenance History
    SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO LETTERING

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    May 1919

    Dedicated

    May 1919

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1462821

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifice it made in the First World War. Architectural interest: * as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the form of a Celtic wheel-head cross and survives unaltered. Group value: * with the Church of St Andrew (listed Grade II*).

    • "Eakring War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1462821. Accessed 26 July 2024.
  • https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/eakring/hmonumnt.php