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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Town
- Kirk Ireton
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MR DOXEY (Builder)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: C1926
Attended by: CAPT HARRY BLACKWALL - Dedicated
Date: C1926
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 706
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Current location
In the southwest corner of the churchyard next to the main gate.
Holy Trinity Churchyard
Church Corner
Kirk Ireton
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire
DE6 3JW
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 26889 50188
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A rough pointed Aberdeen granite cross and pedestal on a concrete base. The Latin cross has a slightly tapered shaft and surmounts a battered pedestal with the inscription on the 6 o'clock face. The concrete base has a slightly bevelled top. The inlaid inscription is in upright capital block lettering.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KIRK IRETON / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abell, Henry
Allsop, John William
Bates, John
Cauldwell, Robert
Dranfield, Francis
Dyer, William George
Ford, Leonard
Greatorex, William
Hitchcock, Wilfred
Hodgkinson, Arthur
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 165mm, height 1530mm, width 600mm
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen - Pedestal
Measurements: depth c800mm, height c450mm, width c900mm
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen - Base
Measurements: depth c1100mm, height 450mm, width c1100mm
Materials: Concrete
- 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
- History
- 1991: Lettering was re-cut and lead added by a local stonemason. August 1971: The memorial lies within the Kirk Ireton Conservation Area first designated on that date.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website Derbyshire War Memorials - page has a photograph of memorial and biographies of the fallen. derbyshirewarmemorials.wikispaces.com/Kirk+Ireton
- Military Images Page has a photograph of the memorial. www.militaryimages.net/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/56173
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