Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Bolsover
- Town
- Grassmoor
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 672
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Current location
Just inside the park gates.
Barnes Park
286 North Wingfield Road
Grassmoor
Bolsover
Derbyshire
S42 5EP
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 40646 66791
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Sandstone wheel cross on rectangular pillar, battered rectangular pedestal and two-stepped base. Surround of paving and garden within a low circular wall. Inscription incised on pedestal faces in upright capital lettering in mixed styles. Sculptor's name on step.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ GRASSMOOR/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 9 o'clock face: (Names) 3 o'clock face: (Names) 12 o'clock face: 1939-1945/ (Names)/ WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR II. Berisford & Son, Sculptors, Belper & Derby.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alcock, Sidney R
Allen, Alfred
Alton, William
Ball, Richard
Baxter, Frederick
Beeley, Henry
Boice, William
Bold, Thomas
Bowden, Thomas
Bridget, Alfred
See details for all 70 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 59
Served and returned: 0
Died: 59
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 220mm, height c 1200mm, width c 800mm
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Pillar
Measurements: depth 220mm, height c 1800mm, width c 300mm
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Pedestal
Measurements: depth 600mm, height 1000mm, width 1225mm
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Base
Measurements: depth 1200mm, height 400mm, width 1800mm
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- 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
- Grassmoor
- WMO ID: 121806
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 15-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- c 1990: Cleaned and restored.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website Grassmoor War Memorial familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/i/l/John-Mills/FILE/0008page.html
- Other website Chesterfield Sherwoods on the Somme homepage.ntlworld.com/mike.briggs76/Village%20Memorials%20E-M.htm
- Other website Grassmoor commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grassmoor_259450_13df8c20.jpg
- Other website Barnes Park, Grassmoor www.geograph.org.uk/photo/259450
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