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Tideswell, War Memorial

War Memorial - Tideswell, Derbyshire

The War Memorial is sited directly in front of the end wall of St Thomas's Church in Tideswell. It consists of a tall cross set on a large oblong base divided into three panels.

The inscription on the front reads:-

In Ever
Loving Memory of
The Men of This Town
Who Gave Their Lives
For Their Country's
Sake in The Great War
1914-1919.
And The World War
1939-1945.

Reginald S. BARBER.
Reginald CARTLEDGE.
Wesley E. DALTON.
Stanley FLINT.
James MAKIN.
Charles E. PENNOCK.
Walter SINCLAIR.
Frank WOOD.

The inscriptions on the side panels read:-

George T. ASHMORE.Samuel HODGKINSON.
George BAYLEY.John HOWARTH.
William H. BRIERLEY.Tom HOWE.
J. J. Hubert BRIERLEY.Thomas HUDSON.
C. Harry G. BRIGHTMORE.William JACKSON.
F. Lester CHAPMAN.Maurice JOHNSON.
Harold CHAPMAN.Samuel H. LOMAS.
Arthur CHAPMAN.Norman LOMAS.
George W. DAWSON.Reginald LOMAS.
A. Cecil ESPLIN.Wilfred LOMAS.
Joe L. FLETCHER.Max MARKOVITZ.
John T. L. FLETCHER.Lawrence MILLWARD.
William FLINT.John PALFREYMAN.
Leslie FLINT.Percy PORTER.
Frederick FLINT.Arthur RILEY.
Walter FRANCES.Arthur SELLARS.
Alfred J. FRANCES.Robert L. SHENTON.
John W. GIBSON.Lawrence SIDDONS.
George GOUGH.John SUTTON.
Wilfrid L. GRATTON.Laurence TATTERSALL.
George H. GREEN.William H. TATTERSALL.
Charles GREGORY.Bernard A. TAYLOR.
Joseph HALL.Joseph H. WAGSTAFFE.
Matthew HAMBLETON.Ernest WALTON.
George L. HARRISON.George W. WALTON.
Thomas J. HARRISON.
John F. HARRISON.James DUNCAN.Wheston.
Ronald C. HARRISON.Clement R. GOODWIN.

The inscription on the reverse panel reads:-

They Whom This Memorial
Commemorates Were Numbered
Among Those Who At The Call
Of King And Country Left
All That Was Dear To Them
Endured Hardnss Faced
Dangers And Finally Passed
Out Of The Sight Of Men By
The Path Of Duty And Self
Sacrifice Giving Up Their Own
Lives That Others Might Live
In Freedom.
Let Those Who Come After
See To It That Their Names
Are Not Forgotten.

Credits

Inscriptions recorded by Rosemary Lockie on 9th November 2004 from photographs supplied by Alf Beard.
See Derbyshire GENUKI Service Providers for contact details.

A copy of Rosemary's transcription, with biographical details compiled by Martin Edwards, is available in his Roll of Honour - Derbyshire War Memorials collection.

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