About the Stone Cross War Memorial
The Stone Cross War Memorial (SCWM), situated outside the south door of St. Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury, Staffordshire, is one of the seventeen memorials to those who died or served war known to have been created in Tutbury. Being a traditional standalone stone monument in the churchyard, built by public subscription, it is what most people in the village regard as the War Memorial.
It commemorates 47 WWI and 13 WWII Fallen and is recorded on the Imperial War Museum’s War Memorial Archive (formerly the UK National Inventory of War Memorials) as reference number 13421 and on War Memorials Online as Ref WM0110373.
| Commemorates | First World War (1914-1918) 47 Fallen Second World War (1939-1945) 13 Fallen |
| Memorial type | ‘Foliated sandstone cross on a six faceted tapering pillar, Shields in relief. Three figures: female angel, St. George and St. Michael’ |
| Initiated by | Village War Memorial Committee formed by Major HL Newton in December 1918. Funding of the memorial was by public subscription |
| Dedicated | 2nd May 1920 |
| Design and Materials | Foliated sandstone cross on six faceted tapering pillar – Hollington stone (quarry still active). |
| Maker | Architects Bodley & Hare of London (ceased trading 1940) and built by Bridgeman’s of Lichfield (taken over by Linfords and then ceased trading 2011). |
| Lettering | Raised lettering on bronze plaques |
| Location | St. Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury, Staffordshire. In curtilage of a Grade I listed building (St. Mary’s) and in a conservation area |
| Ownership | Public |
| Custodian | Parochial Church Council of St. Mary’s Priory Church |
| Timeline | Initiated December 1918 Built 1919/1920 Dedicated Sunday 2nd May 1920 WWII Fallen Plaque added in 1948 Rededicated Friday 1 July 2016 |
| Maintenance | Repaired when the cross fell off in 1982 |
| Conserved | 2012-2016 |
| Re-dedicated | 1st July 2016 |
