Memorial Title

Fairfield

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial comprising plaques at the roadside in Fairfield, Buxton, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
Roadside
The Green
Fairfield Rd (A6)
Fairfield
Buxton
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
SK17 7DT

NGR:
SK 06653 74037 ±5m
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Location details:
The memorial is towards the middle of The Green, facing onto Fairfield Rd.

Type

Overall type: Plaques.

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for.

Description:

Two brass plaques mounted on a vertical stone set on a pedestal within a small paved surface. The upper, oblong, metal plaque bears the names of those commemorated in the nearby Church of St Peter and has a polished narrow raised border and an inscription and names in raised sentence-case roman lettering against a black ground. The lower plaque is similar in style and bears the names of those commemorated in the former Fairfield Conservative Club. The two plaques are inlaid into the vertical face of a backboard comprising a roughly-hewn slab of sandstone surmounting a pedestal. The oblong pedestal has dressed sandstone panels on the vertical faces and a dressed cover, which overlaps the whole and has a bullnosed edge. The centre panel of the 6 o'clock face bears an inscription incised in upright sentence-case roman lettering, and the two end panels each bear a small supplementary plaque in similar style to the main ones.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Upper plaque	Brass	785	695	15	Good
Lower plaque	Brass	210	695	15	Good
Backboard	Sandstone	1560	1050	520	Good
Pedestal	Sandstone	860	1640	1120	Good
Supplementary plaque 9 o'clock face	Brass	130	315	15	Good
Supplementary plaque 3 o'clock face	Brass	135	245	10	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Upper plaque:

The names of the fallen, held in perpetual memory at St Peter's Church, Fairfield 1914-1918
John M Bainbridge	William Drage	William Millward	Abraham Sigley
Robert Ball	William H Finney	Wilfred Mitchell	Herbert Simpson
James L Barret	John W Fox	Tom Mosely	Francis G Spencer
Philip Beresford	Charles Francis	Horace M Mycock	William H Stapleford
Vivian Biggin	Ernest Garside	Harold Orgill	William Staden
George W Blackwell	William J Gent	Reginald Pascoe	Frank Standridge
John Blackwell	George Goodwin	Richard P Peacock	John Stenson
Francis J Bowder	Frank Green	Arthur Phillips	Samuel Street
Harry Burgess	Stanley Gulwell	John W Pinder	Percy Street
Arthur Burgess	Frank Hallam	George Proctor	Ernest Street
John E Burges	Fred Hodder	Tom Radford	William Volans
Herbert M Burton	Tom B Horn	John Rawlinson	Mark C Wardle
Frank Butler	Harry Johnson	William H Riley	Samuel Wheeldon
Percy Clark	John Johnson	Arthur Riley	Norman Whieldon
Herbert Daniels	Joseph Lloyd	Joseph Riley	Charles L Wilkinson
Arthur Daniels	Harry Lomas	John M Robinson	Owen William
Harold Dawson	John D Marchington	Hugh Robinson	William T Winstanley
Arthur Dicken	Gavin McArthur	Harry Sellors	Percy Wood
1939-1945
John Brown	Dennis Greenhalgh	Samuel G Kidson	Geoffrey Richardson
Lloyd G Burton	Frank Gyte	Sidney Lee	Victor Robinson
William E Croft	William Hancock	John Lobley	John K Roberts
James Cruddies	Leslie Handley	Joyce Lobley	George A Thompson
John W Davies	Frank Harris	Arthur L Mellor	William H Upton
William A Fallows	Harold Heath	Thomas Morton	William Walker
Derrick Farnell	Richard Hoyle	Alan S R Pearce	Reginald Watson
Clifford Goodwin	William Johnson	Albert E Porter	Cyril Welbourne
Ernest W Green	William Kaye	Roy Porter	Sidney Wright
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them

Lower plaque:

Also Remembering 1914-1918
Clement Leeke	J Lewis	Ernest J Walthew
of the Parish of Fairfield and recorded in the former Fairfield Conservative Club We honour their sacrifice

Supplementary plaque on 9 o'clock face of pedestal:	Inscription on 6 o'clock face of pedestal:	Supplementary plaque on 3 o'clock face of pedestal:
This Memorial was erected through the generosity of the community of Fairfield and dedicated to the glory of God and in memory of the fallen by Reverend Carl F. Edwards, Vicar of Fairfield on 17th September 2016.	When you go home tell them of us and say for your tomorrow we gave our today	As you pass this place stop and stand, in silent vigil for those whose hand, wrought deeds of courage and thus did fall and in their giving, have given all. Rev Carl Flynn Edwards

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Second World War (1939-1945)	Totals
Action	Not stated
Number died	75	36	111
Number served and returned	0	0	0
Total names	75	36	111

Administration

Custodian: Not known

Local authorities:
From 1974: Fairfield Parish Council, High Peak Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History and Conservation

2013: Marion Wright, churchwarden at nearby St Peter's Church, began campaigning and fundraising for the memorial.

Spring 2016: The memorial was erected at a cost of c£8000.

17th September, 2016: The memorial was dedicated by Rev Carl F. Edwards, vicar of Fairfield.

19th June, 2018: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in good condition and cared for.

References

Buxton Advertiser; 8th June, 2016: a brief report on the new memorial.

Comments

Joyce Lobley is recorded by CWGC as Sjt Maud Joyce Lobley ATS.

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