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    Memorial

    Renishaw, Emmett Carr and Spinkhill WW1

    Renishaw, Emmett Carr and Spinkhill WW1 plaque

    Source: Copyright Richard Godley (WMO 121782)

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    Current Location

    St Matthew's Church, Main Road, Renishaw, Eckington, North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire, S21 3UT, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 44735 77880

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    94047
    Description
    Nowy-headed bronze plaque, with a green laurel wreath and coloured Union Flag at top-centre. The inscription is in white lettering.
    Inscription
    TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ Sacred to the memory of the/ Renishaw, Emmett Carr and Spinkhill/ men who fell in the service of/ their Country during the Great/ War 1914 - 1919./ (names)/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    21
    Died
    21
    Information shown
    Surname, initials, rank, Regiment
    Order of names
    Alphabetical by surname
    Maker(s)
    • Mr Herbert Wright of Renishaw, Designer

    Costs
    c£200
    Sponsor Type
    public
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    Paid for by public subscription.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    21 July 1920

    Archdeacon Crosse performed the unveiling

    Dedicated

    21 July 1920

    Archdeacon Crosse performed the dedication.

    Custodian
    Church of England

    Components

    Plaque

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • Sheffield Daily Telegraph 7/2/1920 reported on page 5 that: "The Renishaw, Spinkhill, and Emmett Carr war memorial fund now stands at £165 6s. 4d. To complete the proposed scheme of a clock with three mural tablets, containing the names and ranks of the fallen, to be erected in the different districts, a sum of £2OO is required, and a special effort is to be made at once to secure the balance of £35. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19200207/208/0005
  • Derbyshire Courier Saturday 24/7/1920 reported the unveiling of the plaque and the clock at St Matthew's Church: "RENISHAW'S THREE WAR MEMORIALS. Renishaw has now three memorials to the men from the village who fell in the war. One is on a public-house wall at Emmett Carr, another is in the United Methodist Church, and the third, which was unveiled on Wednesday, is in St. Matthews Church. All three are tablets on which the names of the twenty-one men who paid the supreme sacrifice are inscribed, and they have been designed by Mr. Herbert Wright, of Renishaw. In addition to the three tablets a clock has been erected over the porch of St. Matthew's Church and this was started on Wednesday, by Mrs. J. H. Buckley. A memorial service was conducted by Archdeacon Crosse after the unveiling of the tablet, on Wednesday, and he was assisted by the Rev. W, R. Hewson and the Rev. Reese Jones, of Eckington. There was a large congregation. The memorials have been provided as the result of the initiative of the Renishaw, Emmett Carr and Spinkhill War Memorial Committee, of which Messrs. F. Woodcock and B. Collier are joint secretaries. The clock and memorial in St Matthew's Church have cost just over £200, which has been raised by public subscription". https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000395/19200724/116/0005
  • The War Memorials Trust record of this memorial is WMO 121782, see https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121782/ (N.B. the press cutting image attached to that record on the Trust's website in fact relates to a separate plaque, which was erected at the Methodist Church in Renishaw, see our reference 94068).