Memorial

Stannington Parishioners

Cross

Source: Copyright Martyn A Critchlow

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Current Location

Church Street, opposite Uppergate Road, Stannington Memorial Cross, Church Street, Stannington, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 6DB, England

SK 30156 88520

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 27561
Description: Wheel cross of stone set on shaft, three square bases and octagonal shaped ground base. Laurel wreaths in relief on the shaft and the top two square base bears tablets with inscription and names of WW1 and WW2 casualties.
Inscription: 6 o'clock top step tablet: To The Glory Of God / AND IN EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939-1945. / { STANNINGTON. / (9 NAMES) } { LOXLEY. / (5 NAMES) // 6 o'clock middle step, upper face, WW2 extension tablet: { 2 NAMES } { 1 NAME } // 6 o'clock middle step tablet: To The Glory Of God / AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE FOLLOWING MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR, / 1914-1919. / SEE TO IT THAT NONE OF THESE / SHALL HAVE DIED IN VAIN. // 9 o'clock middle step tablet: (36 NAMES) // 3 o'clock middle step tablet: (33 NAMES)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 17
Died: 17
Information shown: Place of residence, forename, initial, surname
Order of names: Place of residence. Each group listed alphabetically by surname with two exceptions

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Tablets

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good