Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Town
- Hathersage
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3435
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Current location
On the north wall of the north aisle.
St Michael and All Angels Church
Church Bank
Hathersage
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire
S32 1AJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 23406 81856
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Two cast bronze plaques on a wooden backboard built into a pointed arch niche in the wall of the church. Upper plaque is rectangular with a shallow arch top and portrays a latin cross flanked by warrior saints and trumpeters, with the inscription in raised capital lettering in columns on each side. Lower plaque is a long rectangle with thin plain raised border and inscription in raised capital lettering.
- Inscription
- Upper plaque left hand side: TO THE GLORY OF/ GOD AND IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ Upper plaque right hand side: (Names) WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR US IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ Upper plaque across bottom: AND IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE WORK AND SACRIFICE OF ALL/ THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO SERVED AND SURVIVED/ THE FULL ROLL OF THOSE WHO SERVED IS PRESERVED ON THE PARISH CHEST Lower plaque: ALSO OF/ (Names)/ CONNECTED WITH THIS PARISH WHOSE NAMES/ APPEAR ON OTHER MEMORIALS Interpretation Board: THE WAR MEMORIAL was designed/ and executed by Miss Winser whose/ brother lived at that time at Eastwood/ (the house to the east of the Church)./ Its symbolism is inspired by words/ from "Pilgrims Progress". It records/ the names of 23 parishioners who gave/ their lives in the First World War./ The plinth of local stone added since/ is in memory of the 22 parishioners who died in the Second World War.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bagshaw, A
Chevans, J
Eydes, R
Fearn, H S
Fearn, P T
Fletcher, H O
Greaves, G
Green, G
Hasman, J O
Hodgkinson, G C
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials, rank, regiment
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 90mm, height 750mm, width 1020mm
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: depth -, height 1100mm, width 1240mm
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Hathersage WW1 and WW2
- WMO ID: 167258
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 12 July 1967: Church Listed Grade 1 , Number 81165
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website 81165 www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=81165&resourceID=5
- Parish booklet titled : "We Will Remember Them: The roll of the fallen in two world wars, Hathersage, Derbyshire' by the Revd M F H Hulbert, Vicar of Hathersage Detailing each full names, regiments, date of death, place of burial and brief history of families .
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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