Memorial

St Helens Church - Cross

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Current Location

In the middle of the churchyard, southeast of the church., St Helens Churchyard, Park La, Pinxton, Bolsover, Derbyshire, NG16 6PS, England

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SK 453 550

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 65134
Description: Originally a Cornish granite cross but flanking walls were subsequently added and the inscriptions were later covered by brass plaques. The potent wheel cross has chamfered limbs and fleurs-de-lys on each quadrant and surmounts a shaft with base and capital. The square capital has a Christograph in relief on the 6 o'clock face, the tapered octagonal shaft has delicate carvings in bands near the head and foot and the base is octagonal with mouldings at the top. The shaft surmounts an octagonal pedestal with chamfered top, which had the incised inscription on the faces in upright capital lettering infilled in black. The pedestal surmounts a moulded octagonal plinth and a plain octagonal three-stepped base. Subsequently the cross was flanked by two polygonal walls of random coursed stone. At the eastern end of the northern wall was set a further panel, probably a stone tablet with an incised inscription in upright capital lettering. Later all of the inscriptions were covered with brass plaques and a further plaque was added at the eastern end of the southern wall. Each of these ten oblong plaques has a raised border, a black ground, a raised depiction of a poppy wreath and an inscription in raised upright block lettering, mostly capitals.
Inscription: Plaque on 6 o'clock face of pedestal: IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914-1919/ "AT THE GOING DOWN OF/ THE SUN AND IN THE/ MORNING WE WILL/ REMEMBER." Plaques on seven other faces of pedestal: (Names) Plaque on north wall:1939 to 1945/ (Names)/ "FALLEN IN THE CAUSE OF THE FREE" Plaque on south wall: 1918 to 1939/ (Name)/ 1945/ (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 72
Died: 72
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of names: regiment,rank,surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 21
Died: 21
Information shown: surname
Order of names: surname

War: Military Service
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St Helens Church - Cross

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St Helens Church - Cross

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