Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross - Church View - Clifton, Derbyshire
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N 53° 00.001 W 001° 45.267
30U E 583587 N 5872997
Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross set in a roadside garden
at the southern junction of Chapel Lane and Church View, Clifton.
Waymark Code: WMWGHR
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/02/2017
Views: 0
A sandstone monument comprising a cross on a plinth, pedestal and three-step base, with a later tablet added to the steps. The cross has hollowed arises with fillets at the foot of the slightly tapered shaft and sits on an oblong moulded plinth. These surmount a square pedestal with canted corners above hemispherical shoulders. The ashlar steps are hexagonal in plan and bear an inclined tablet on the 6 o'clock face. Incised inscriptions on the pedestal and tablet are in upright capital Roman lettering.
Inscription -
6 o'clock face of pedestal: AMDG/ TO THE GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO SERVED KING &/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (Names)/ REMEMBERING BEFORE GOD THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF/ LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
9 and 3 o'clock faces of pedestal: (Names)
12 o'clock face of pedestal: SONS OF THIS PLACE, LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID,/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD.
Top face of tablet: ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN/ THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (Names)
Front face of tablet: SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD
Names on memorial -
WWI:
G. W. ASTLE
J. BRADDOCK
C. CHELL
H. CHELL
H. DEAKIN
A. LEASON
H. LEASON
E. B. WRIGHT
F. MELBOURNE
F. RIDGEWAY
G. ROE
E. SIMMONDS
W. R. S. SMITH
J. TUNNICLIFFE
M. WAYWELL
A. WILSON
WWII:
G. H. W. BOND
W. GRINDEY
B. RICHARDSON
J. W. ROE
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Not known
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
Roadside Garden
Southern Junction Of Chapel La And Church View
Clifton, Derbyshire England
DE6 2GL
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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