Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Bolsover
- Town
- Newton
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 6th September 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 643
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Current location
MAIN STREET AND LITTLEMOOR LANE
69 Main Street
Newton
Bolsover
Derbyshire
DE55 5TJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 44412 59433
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WHEEL CROSS ON PLINTH. EACH SIDE OF PLINTH HAS SLATE TABLET WHICH BEARS INSCRIPTION. WHOLE SET IN TRAFFIC ISLAND AND SURROUNDED BY CHAINED POSTS.
- Inscription
- ERECTED /TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF NEWTON/ WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE./ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adlington, Walter
Allsopp, John W
Buxton, William H
Chapman, Albert
Dickens, William
Dobbs, Albert
Dudley, Isaac
Dunkley, Albert
Elliott, Joseph
England, James
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 0
Died: 30
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,decorations
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1524MM, height 3048MM, width 1524MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- NEWTON
- WMO ID: 121833
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 19-05-2020]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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