Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Doncaster
- Town
- Hexthorpe
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: May 1921
Attended by: - Faculty Granted
Date: September 2018 - Rededicated
Date: 1949 - Show More (2)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 28107
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Current location
St Jude's Church
Hexthorpe Road
Hexthorpe
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN4 0DN
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 56467 02591
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stone cross surmounting stepped plinth. Marble tablets inset into the plinth with incised gilt lettering.
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE HEXTHORPE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1919/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES) 3 AND 9 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allison, J
Andrews, T
Atkinson, H
Atkinson, S W
Attewell, A
Bates, J
Battle, T
Beauchamp, W F
Belk, W
Beresford, H N
See details for all 91 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 91
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 91
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: regiment,rank,surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 45
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 45
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: regiment,rank,surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1280MM, height 4200MM, width 1590MM
Materials: Stone - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Hexthorpe
- WMO ID: 214466
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 15-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Memorial refurbished/lettering gilded October-November 2018
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Church Times 5 October 2018 page 10
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