Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Doncaster
Town
Hooton Pagnell
County
South Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
28149

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Current location

built into the bank of Clayton Lane
not visible from Elmsall Lane.
Clayton Lane/Elmsall Lane
Hooton Pagnell
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN5 7BT
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 48563 08127
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Calvary cross with octagonal shaft and small tapering plinth. On four stepped base and elevated roadside site. WW2 names on separate tablet set beneath small overhang in the rock wall behind the cross. Angel holding scales is on the reverse of the cross.
Inscription
CROSS: THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ REMEMBER THE MEN OF AND FROM/ HOOTON PAGNELL/ THEIR LIVES THEY GAVE TO THEIR COUNTRY/ THEIR SOULS WE COMMEND TO GOD/ (NAMES)/ LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET/ LEST WE FORGET LEST WE FORGET TABLET: REMEMBER BEFORE GOD/ THE MEN OF HOOTON PAGNELL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Chopping, Noris Bernard
Coates, Herbert Parkin
Cragg, John William
Hill, Anthony Raworth
Holroyd, Fred
Nichols, Frank Oswald
Smeaton, John
Smith, Sydney
Warde, Harvey S
Warde-aldam, Geoffrey St. Andrew
See details for all 12 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 8
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 8
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 4
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: height 5500MM, width 3000MM
    Materials: Stone
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: height 600MM, width 1200MM
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
DONCASTER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

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