St Lawrence's Church - Book of Remembrance

Memorial
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Locations

Last known location:
St Lawrence's Church
Market St (A6007)
Heanor
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE75 7NR

NGR:
SK 43579 46438
From online digital mapping.

Location details:
At the western end of the nave.

Type

Overall type: Book of Remembrance.

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible.

Description:

A handwritten bound book of remembrance in a glazed oaken case. The book is arranged such that the opening has the two pages of names displayed; the lettering is in sentence case calligraphy, the headings in red and gold and the names in black within red outlines. The case is formed from a carved oaken prayer desk, the top of which forms the glazed case containing the book.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Book	Card, paper	260	215	20	Good
Case	Oak, glass	830	620	590	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Heanor

G. Appleby.
M. Angell.
Fred Baker.
T. W. Barks.
A. Beer.
A. Booth
T. F. Bamber.
S. L. Brown.
F. Bennieston.
T. Clifton.
J. Davis.
N. Duncan.
J. Froggatt.
J. Groves.
F. Gotheridge

H. Hardy.
A. Hibbert.
B. Hibbert.
J. Hutchinson.
W. H. Holmes.
R. W. Holmes.
S. W. Jackson.
F. Lockton.
H Martin.
C. W. Martin.
H. Mott.
A. Maycock.
J. A. Mountford.
L. D. Ottowell.
A. A. Preston.

A. Prince.
F. Palfreyman.
A. S. Pryor.
K. M. Powdrill.
R. R. Smith.
E. Simms.
S. Shardlow.
T. Saxton.
I. R. Sharman.
G. Shepherd.
A. Webster.
P. Webster.
A. White.
N. Yates.
G. Beckett

Codnor

D. W. Bunting.

F. W. M. V. Fowler.

Thos Radford.

Loscoe

R. S. Allen.
G. Beaver.
A. Bennett.
W. Brewin.
D. W. Bunting.

G. Burrows.
W. Cripps.
F. Edwards.
G. Hutchinson.
W. Kemp.

F. Marsden.
W. H. Moon.
H. Roome.
S. Turner.
L. Williams.

Langley Mill

C. Ashmore.
W. H. Bailey.
F. Baker.
Norman Barfield.
G. N. Barfield.
C. R. Bestwick.
G. S. Bolton.
Eric Bradley.
John Bradley.
J. Bray.
J. E. Brown.
John Brown.

T. W. A. Bulliman.
E. Chambers.
H. A. Darrington.
I. Draper.
R. P. Gilbert.
T. Henshaw.
A. Hill.
A. Hitt.
H. Hitt.
R. Hitt.
D. W. Holmes.
A. E. Hutchby

F. Long.
A. Longdon.
J. A. W. Neale.
H. Pacey.
H. Payne.
W. Severn.
G. H. Smith.
J. Smith.
W. A. Smith-Cross.
A. Teagle.
G. R. Wiles.

Marlpool and Langley

J. H. Austin.
A. Amos.
K. Baldwin.
R. Bower.
Frank Baker.
Fred Baker.
E. Berry.
C. W. Brown.
P. E. Brown.
R. J. Brown.
J. H. Cooper.
J. L Cook

A. G. Dakin.
L. Eyre.
P. Flint.
D. Flint.
A. E. Fould.
H. Hutchinson.
A. Hodgkinson.
K. Krawzyk.
F. Knowles.
A.Longdon.
J. T. Milward.
C. W. Martin.

A. Mee.
H. Martin.
J. E. Nicholson.
D. Staley.
J. Steed.
F. Steel.
E. Simms.
A. Stevens.
R. Watson.
H. Walker.
J. W. Wright.

Conflicts and people commemorated

Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)
Number died	133
Number served and returned	0
Total names	133

Administration

Custodians:Presumed to be the local branch of the Royal British Legion.

Local Authorities:
From WW1: Heanor Parish Council; Heanor Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Heanor and Loscoe Town Council; Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

Unknown date: The memorial is believed to have been provided by the Royal British Legion.

18th May, 2015: The memorial was surveyed by Anne and Roy Branson. It was in good condition.

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