Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial

The war memorial stands on the east side of the extensive village cemetery in Cobbs Lane, in a bay created by the cemetery wall being carried outward. Approximately 4m high, it comprises a Weldon stone wheel-head cross which rises a tapering shaft. The shaft stands on an octagonal plinth, which stands on a two-stepped octagonal base of Derbyshire stone (with an outer kerb).

A panel of Hopton Wood marble is set into each face of the plinth. That on the front has an inscription which reads ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF/ WOLLASTON/ AND/ STRIXTON/ MEN WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 - 1918./ “FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.” The names of the fallen appear on the other panels. A panel set into the front face of the upper step reads 1939 – 1945; one on the rear reads 1914 – 1918. The names of those who fell during the Second World War are inscribed on similar panels around the upper step, with the additional names of the First World War dead added in 2006.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 17 January 2017.