Memorial Cross - St Barnabas - Bradwell, Derbyshire
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N 53° 19.587 W 001° 44.360
30U E 583962 N 5909326
Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross on the grounds of St Barnabas' church, Bradwell.
Waymark Code: WM16YC6
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/30/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross on the grounds of St Barnabas' church, Bradwell. It consists of a wheel cross with Celtic style decorations of a wreath in the centre of the cross, oak leaves and acorn design on the arms of the cross. The plinth is set upon a 2-step base.

The inscriptions read -
Front face:
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN
GRATEFUL
MEMORY
OF THE MEN
OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
(NAMES)
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH


Second face:
(NAMES)

THESE TOO DIED TO SAVE THE
LIBERTIES OF MANKIND IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939-1945
A.M.D.G.


Names on memorial -
WW1-
Column 1:

ASHMORE P.
BRADWELL J. T.
BRADWELL N.
DIXON I. N.
DOBSON F.
ELLIOTT H B. C.
EYDES R.
EYRE P. R. H.
EYRE W.
FIELD E. R.
GREGORY B. H.
HALL R. G.
HALLAM E. T.
HANCY A. E.
HASLAM W.
HICKINSON S.
IREDALE J. H.

Column 2:

LINDSEY A.
MALTBY A.
MIDDLETON F. R.
MIDDLETON L. E. A.
PEARSON G.
PEARSON J.
PETTY A. H.
PINDER C.
ROGERS H.
ROSS C. S.
SENIOR B.
SIMPSON G. A.
TOWNSEND B.
TOWNSEND G.
WALKER G.
WOOD I.

Not on Cenotaph:
Brand, Robert Moon
Dawson-Smith, Frank
Ellis, John Thomas Presley
Evans, Raymond

WW2-

WILFRED COOPER.
EDWARD DALTON.
GEORGE LEONARD FLETCHER
WALTER GARLICK.
ROBERT WARHURST.
COLIN WRAGG.

Not on Cenotaph:
Hodkin, Leonard

A very good accountant be found in the Bradwell Historical Society website - (visit link) and also (visit link)
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 08/07/1921

Private or Public Monument?: Other

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:
St Barnabas' Church
Church Street
Bradwell, Derbyshire England
S33 9AD


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