Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
North East Derbyshire
Town
Spinkhill
County
Derbyshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: October 1920
    Attended by: Reverend Father Collingwood, S.J., performed the unveiling
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
697

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Current location

To the left of the gateway
Church of the Immaculate Conception (St Mary's Church)
Spinkhill Lane
Spinkhill
North East Derbyshire
Derbyshire
S21 3YB
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 45423 78607
Denomination: Roman Catholic

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Description
Latin cross set on a plinth and stepped base. The names and inscription are on the faces of the plinth. (Those listed on the memorial are former parishioners of Spinkhill's Roman Catholic Church of Immaculate Conception, which was formerly known as Mount St Mary's Church. Many of these casualties were also named on other memorials in their home village/hamlet).
Inscription
(6 o'clock face): PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF THE/ FOLLOWING/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING/ & COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (NAMES) (9 o'clock face): (names) (12 o'clock face): CAPT. PHILIP MERVYN/ YOUNG/ YORKS & LANCS REGT./ 28TH JUNE 1944
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allcocks, E
Bennett, J
Burrows, G
Cox, H L
Cunniffe, B
Cunniffe, J
Del Monaco, R
Devlin, D J
Farrell, T
Leverton, R
See details for all 16 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, regimental number, Regiment, some also record location of death
    Order of information: Listed neither alphabetically by surname nor chronologically by date of death. (Perhaps grouped by home village?)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, Regiment, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Column
    Measurements: depth 400MM, height 3200MM, width 450MM
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Catholic Church
Reference
  • Belper News 8/10/1920 reported: "SPINKHILL WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED. There were large congregations present in Mount St. Mary’s Church, Spinkhill, last week, when the Feast of Dedication and Consecration was held. Solemn High Mass was celebrated, and in the afternoon the unveiling of the stone war memorial, which is placed in the churchyard, took place. Previous to the ceremony a short organ recital was given by Mr T. Morrison, A.R.C.L., and Madame Walsh sang two solos, Divine Redeemer” and know that my Redeemer liveth.” After the recital a procession was formed, consisting of about 100 school children, all dressed in white, each of which carried a bunch of flowers, which were placed at the foot of the memorial stone. The unveiling ceremony was performed by the Rector, the Rev. Father Collingwood, S.J., who remarked that they had met together that day to do honour to those who had laid down their lives for them. He hoped that every one of them who passed that stone would remember them in their prayers. A number of cadets from Mount St. Mary’s College stood with reversed arms and the buglers sounded the "Last Post.” The stone contains all the names of those who were connected with the above Church. The inscription bears the following:— “Pray for the souls of the following, who laid down their lives for their King and country in the Great War, 19141919. Pte. C. S. Pearson, Prince of Wales Regiment ; Pte. E. Allcock, K.0.Y.L.1.; Corpl. J. H. Marlow, K.0.Y.L.1.; Pte. R. Leverton, K.0.Y.L.1.; Pte. J. Cunniffe, York and Lancs.; Pte. T. Farrell, Notts, and Derbys.; Pte. J. Bennett, Notts, and Derbys.; Pte. J. Wilbourne, Northumberland Fusiliers; Lance-Corpl. Widdowson, R.G.A.; Corpl. G. Burrows, R.G.A.; Pte. R. Del Monaco, Canadian Regiment; Sergt.-Instructor C. E. Friday. Gloucester Regiment; Pte. H. H. Cox. Notts, and Derbys." www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001538/19201008/025/0003
  • The War Memorials Trust record of this memorial is 264210, see www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/264210/

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