Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Amber Valley
Town
Somercotes, Alfreton
County
Derbyshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
59692

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Current location

Against the eastern wall of the chancel.
St Thomas Church
114 Nottingham Rd (b600)
Somercotes
Alfreton
Amber Valley
Derbyshire
DE55 4LY
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 423 538
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A plain white limestone cross, with shaft broader at the base, on a rectangular hollow-shouldered pedestal. Two limestone wing walls with copings abut the pedestal, and the whole sits on a plinth and two-stepped base. An inlaid inscription on the pedestal is in upright mixed case and mixed style lettering. Rectangular marble tablets attached to the wing walls contain the WW1 names, another on the face of the pedestal contains the WW2 names, and a fourth on the face of the plinth contains an additional name indirectly assigned to Northern Ireland. Inscriptions on the tablets are inlaid in upright capital block lettering.
Inscription
Pedestal: To the Glory/ of God/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL/ IN TYHE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ WORTHY OF REMEMBRANCE Left and right tablets: (Names) Centre tablet: 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Lower tablet: (Name)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Baker, Robert H
Baker, Sidney
Barker, Harry W
Battison, Harry
Bilson, Samuel C
Bonsall, Walter
Boultbee, Frank
Boultbee, Vaughan
Bowler, Alfred M
Brown, Joseph
See details for all 102 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 81
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 81
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,year died,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: depth 175mm, height 2300mm, width 600mm
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: depth 600mm, height 1420mm, width 800mm
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Wall
    Measurements: depth 380mm, height 825mm, width 800mm
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Plinth
    Measurements: depth 650mm, height 225mm, width 2400mm
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Base
    Measurements: depth 1050mm, height 220mm, width 2900mm
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 20mm, height 600mm, width 635mm
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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