Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Broadland
- Town
- Buxton
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19643
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Current location
Located in the southwest corner of the churchyard
St Andrew's Church
Mill Street
Buxton
Broadland
Norfolk
NR10 5JE
England
OS Grid Ref: TG 23331 22681
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross on plinth and two-stepped base. Incised inscription on all sides of plinth.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: IN PROUD AND AFFECTIONATE/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE SONS OF BUXTON/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED/ FOR THEIR FRIENDS/ THEIR HOMES & THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1919/ 1939 - 1945/ (Name) 9 o'clock face: THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1915/ (Name)/ 1916/ (Names)/ 1917/ (Names) 12 o'clock face: THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE/ THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ (Name) 3 o'clock face: THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1917/ (Names)/ 1918/ (Names)/ 1919/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbs, John A
Barton, Harry
Betts, Cyril
Child, Bertie C
Clarke, Robert
Cole, Jack Harry Barton
Cook, Albert L
Cooper, Joan Allard
Dugdale, Frederick Asia
Earl, Albert G
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: year of death, forename, initials, surname
Order of information: year of death - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname, year of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth c685 mm, height c1420 mm, width c685 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Buxton War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Buxton
- WMO ID: 196260
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 27-02-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1999: AT TIME OF RECORDING IT WAS BEING RENOVATED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Buxton with Lamas Parish Council takes responsibility for the maintenance
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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