Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Bassetlaw
- Town
- Blyth
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- MR CHARLES SPOONER FRIBA (Designer)
LIDSTER AND BRAMMER (Mason) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17th December 1922
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38742
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Current location
Cemetery
Spittal Road
Blyth
Bassetlaw
Nottinghamshire
S81 8EL
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 62700 86622
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- TWO-STEPPED OCTAGONAL BASE SURMOUNTED BY OCTAGONAL PLINTH, TAPERING SHAFT AND GABLED LATIN CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES OF THE PLINTH SHIELD WITH RED PAINTED GREEK CROSS IN RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE SHAFT OF THE FRONT FACE
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE FACE: IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF BLYTH AND HODSOCK WHO FELL SERVING THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE YEARS OF OUR LORD 1914 - 1918 3, 9 AND 12 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES) 7.30 FACE: (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, W
Beighton, R
Bell, A
Brackenbury, J
Calvert, E
Claypham, A
Colley, G
Emmerson, R
Espin, G A
Espin, J W
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: 0
Died: 25
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- Blyth and Hodsock 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
- Blyth Memorial cross
- WMO ID: 131391
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- 022P
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