Memorial

Alderwasley

E.A Turville 1991

Source: Copyright E.A Turville 1991

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Current Location

Near the playing fields about 300m South of Alderwasley Hall School, Alderwasley Park, Higg Lane, Alderwasley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, DE56 2SR, England

OS Grid Reference

SK 32711 53334

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 708
Description: A wheel cross on a rubble stone cairn. The white granite cross has a boss at its centre and interwoven strapwork on each arm and the plain tapered shaft has a recessed panel at the base with the inscription in relief in upright capital Roman lettering. The cross surmounts a cairn comprising loose sandstone boulders surrounding a concrete core which supports the cross. A white granite tablet is set into the 6 o'clock face of the cairn and has a rough hewn outline with a dressed face bearing the inlaid inscription in upright capital block lettering. A further polished grey granite tablet is attached to the cross shaft and bears the WW2 inscription incised in upright capital Roman lettering.
Inscription: Base of cross shaft: ALDERWASLEY/ THE/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD/ 1914-1919. Tablet on cairn: (Names) Tablet on cross shaft: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 10
Died: 10
Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, regiment, date of death
Order of names: Listed chronologically by date of death

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of names: Listed alphabetically by surname (included one misspelt surname, 'Vaughan Leutus', who was actually John Vaughan Lewtas)

History

Maintenance History: December 2001: The area in which the memorial stands was designated at being within the Buffer Zone of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.// 23 December 1991: The area in which the memorial stands was designated the 'Alderwasley Conservation Area'.

Ceremonies

Placed: c1920

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Alderwasley

Current Location

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

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