Memorial Cross - St Lawrence - Eyam, Derbyshire - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross in St Lawrence's churchyard, Eyam.

"A limestone wheel cross with tapered shaft on a battered limestone plinth with rounded upper arrises, on a three-stepped rectangular limestone base. Six o'clock face of cross has carved fleurs de lys on the arms, foliation at the head and a carved Crusader's sword. Twelve o'clock face of cross has a pelican feeding its young carved in the centre. Three and nine o'clock faces of cross have a carved lotus flower and foliation. An endless chain is carved on the wheel. On the side of the chain are laurel leaves, and at the base is a flame. Commemoration on the shaft of the cross and on the steps. Pink granite tablets on the four faces of the pedestal are incised with WW1 names in silvered upright capital block lettering. An inclined lower pink Balmoral granite tablet on stone backboard has incised WW2 inscription in gilded upright capital lettering. All set within a paved area surrounded by stone bollards supporting metal chain railings. Maker's name on lower step is illegible."

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The inscriptions read -
6 o'clock face of cross shaft:

IN
IMPERISHABLE
MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF EYAM
WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919.

12 o'clock face of cross shaft:

THEY WHOM
THIS MONUMENT
COMMEMORATES WERE
NUMBERED AMONG
THOSE WHO AT THE CALL
OF KING AND COUNTRY,
LEFT ALL THAT WAS
DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED
HARDNESS, FACED DANGER
AND FINALLY PASSED OUT
OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY
THE PATH OF DUTY AND
SELF SACRIFICE, GIVING
UP THEIR OWN LIVES
THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
IN FREEDOM
LET THOSE WHO COME
AFTER SEE TO IT THAT
THESE NAMES ARE NOT
FORGOTTEN.

3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock face of pedestal:

(Names)

6 o'clock face of steps:

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

Lower tablet:

ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
1939-1945
(Names)

Names on memorial -
WW1:
Charles DRONFIELD        12.1.1915
Samuel NEEDHAM           26. 12. 1916
Frank FROGGATT             3.2.1917
Joseph PURSEGLOVE       4.3.1917
Fred DANIEL                    27.4.1917
Harry BUXTON                 2.5.1917
Joseph C. TWIGG              1.7.1917
John E. MALTBY               20.7.1917
Tom FRITH                       31.7.1917
George WEST                   16.8.1917
Abraham WHITE              20.9.1917
Arthur E. HEMSWORTH  20 9.1917
Frederick WEST               4.10.1917
Thomas MALTBY              5.10.1917
Henry HAWKSWORTH     19.11.1917
George E. LONGDEN       1.3.1918
Samuel REDFEARN          10.3.1918
James HARLING               23.3.1918
JOSEPH WILSON             26.3.1918
LEONARD BULLARD       13.4.1918
ROBERT A. DANE            14.4.1918
WALTER TWIGG               21.10.1918
FRANCIS J. EYRE             11.11.1918

WW2:
Sidney J. GOLDING          30.6.1940
Joseph MATHER               18.3.1943
Harry WATKINS                5.3.1945
Henry WALLER                 24.11.1941
Albert J. DRONFIELD        1.5.1941
Frank MAXTED                 11.3.1945

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 Lawrence's Church Church Street Eyam , Derbyshire England S32 5QH Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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