Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Amber Valley
- Town
- Pentrich
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14360
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Current location
East of the church
close to the road.
St Matthews Churchyard
Main Rd (b6016)
Pentrich
Amber Valley
Derbyshire
DE5 3RE
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 389 526
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A white marble Latin cross on a three-stepped base and a concrete plinth. The inlaid inscription is in sentence case lettering on the faces of the base steps.
- Inscription
- To the Glory of God/ and in honoured/ Memory of the men of this/ Village who fell in the Great War/ 1914 - 1919./ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Filsell, Albert
Filsell, Arthur
Towlson, Cyril
See details for all 3 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 95mm, height 995mm, width 505mm
Materials: Marble - White - Base
Measurements: depth 555mm, height 600mm, width 710mm
Materials: Marble - White - Plinth
Measurements: depth 715mm, height 200mm, width 870mm
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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Derby and Derbyshire War Memorials Project Pentrich page has photograph and biographies. derbyshirewarmemorials.wikispaces.com/Pentrich
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