Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Ashfield
- Town
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: 25th October 2009
Attended by:
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26925
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Current location
Near number 26
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG17 4EL
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 49847 59556
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- St. Michael and All Angels Church
Outram Street
Sutton-in-ashfield
Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG17 4FU
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 49980 59470
Denomination: Church of England
- St. Michael and All Angels Church
- Description
- Ornate wheel cross with carved head. Cross surmounts tapering shaft. Shaft stands in octagonal plinth which surmounts three-stepped base. Names inscribed on octagonal plinth.
- Inscription
- TABLET: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (Names) (EXACT WORDING AND LINE SPACING UNKNOWN) TABLET: (INDICATES THE LOCATION OF A TIME CAPSULE, BUT EXACT WORDING AND LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 228
Served and returned: 0
Died: 228
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Cross
Measurements: depth 2200MM, height C 5000MM, width 2200MM
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Trophy / Relic
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tablet
- Listing information
- Sutton in Ashfield 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
- Sutton-in-Ashfield - WW1
- WMO ID: 97267
- Condition: Good [last updated on 17-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- c 2010: Fence added around memorial. Time capsule added to memorial. c 2009: Memorial relocated from St Michaels and All Saints Church to junction of Downing Street and Mansfield Road. Addition of tablets with names to plinth as stone was too soft to re-cut inscriptions. 2009, April: Community members seeking to relocate the memorial also arranged for its cleaning and the refitting of the plaques with the names inscriptions. 2007: & £5000 secured from Notts County for hard landscaping. More funds were raised (approximately & £20,000) to recut the names)
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- The Diocese of Southwell originally owned the war memorial. The current custodial body is unknown.
- Reference
- Other website www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/memorial/st_michael_names.htm
- Our website 61885 www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.61885/fromUkniwmSearch/1
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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