Memorial Title
St John the Baptist's Church - Board
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial board at St John the Baptist's Church, Smalley, Derbyshire.
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Locations
| Last known location: St John the Baptist's Church Main Rd (A608) Smalley Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE7 6DS NGR: SK 40631 44132 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: On the west wall of the nave, behind the font. |
Type
| Overall type: Board. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible and the memorial is well cared for. |
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| Description: A wall-mounted oaken board in three sections. The central section was provided after WW1 and comprises a nowy headed oblong board with a moulded cornice at the head and two narrow columns at each side with a narrow decorative panel between. The central panel bears the inscription and names in mixed styles of lettering, some incised and some painted. At the foot is a narrow shelf used for the placement of tributes. After WW2 two smaller side panels were added in similar style: that on the left bearing the inscription and that on the right the names. |
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Inscription
| Central board (WW1): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROLL OF HONOUR. THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. |
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| The following gave their lives for their country | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATTENBOROUGH, ARTHUR, 1st Kings Royal Rifles ATTENBOROUGH, FREDERICK, 7th Battn Lincolns ATTENBOROUGH, THOMAS, 5th Battn Sherwood Fores. BACON, SAMUEL, 10th Battn Sherwood Foresters. BARNETT, WILLIAM HENRY, K.O. Royal Lancasters BEARDSLEY, HAROLD, Sherwood Foresters. CLARK, ARTHUR, Royal Field Artillery. COPE, WILLIAM, Royal Field Artillery. CRESSWELL, ERNEST, Royal Naval Division ELLIOTT, RICHARD, Grenadier Guards FIANDER, EDGAR Somerset Light Infantry |
FLETCHER, ALBERT, Sherwood Foresters. FLETCHER, ARTHUR, 8th South Staffs. HAZELWOOD, WILLIAM HENRY, Sherwood Foresters. HORSLEY, HAROLD, Royal Army Medical Corps. JACKSON, JAMES, 1st South Notts Hussars. KEATES, FREDERICK, 1st Battn North Staffs Regt. KERRY, THOMAS ANTHONY, Sherwood Foresters. MARTIN, REGINALD, Sherwood Foresters. MCKIDDIE, WILLIAM, Sherwood Foresters. MEE, GEORGE, 16th Battn Sherwood Foresters. MEE, MARK, 96th Battery Royal Field Artillery. |
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MESSER, ALFRED, Rifle Brigade. MOSS, WILFRED, 14th Battn Sherwood Foresters MALES, DAVID, Sherwood Foresters. NEWTON, HARRY, Sherwood Foresters. PAGE, ARCHIE. 4th Battn Sherwood Foresters PAGE, JOSEPH, 3rd Suffolk Regt TOPLIS CYRIL, Royal Engineers WILMOT-SITWELL, JACINTH SACHEVERELL, Cols Gds. WOODHOUSE, JOHN ARTHUR, Sherwood Foresters. |
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| The following served their country | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ABBOTT, RICHARD H, ABBOTT, REGINALD F, ABBOTT, JOHN WM ADAMS, HENRY C, ATTENBOROUGH, ED AMIES, CHARLES BRADFORD, HENRY C, BARLOW, GEORGE ERNEST BARHAM, ALBERT, BARHAM, LEONARD, BARKER, MARK H, BARKER, THOMAS BANCROFT, ALBERT, BENNETT, HORACE, BOWLER, HAROLD, BOWMER, ISAAC, BOWN, PHILIP, BRIGGS, JOHN H, BRASSINGTON, JOSEPH, BULL, WILLIAM, |
BRADDOCK, ERNEST A, BOWER, FREDERICK, CARLIN, FRANK, CARLIN, SAMUEL, CARLIN, ALBERT, CARTER, H, CHILTON, FREDERICK, CLARK, GEORGE, CRESSWELL, JOSEPH, CRESSWELL, CHARLES WM CROOKS, FRANK, COX, CHARLES E, COX, WALTER H, COX, REGINALD F, CROFTS, SAMUEL, CROFTS, ARTHUR, CROFTS, CYRIL, DIX, HERBERT H, DIX, REGINALD T, DIX, JOHN HENRY, |
EYRE, WILLIAM, FOULKS, FREDERICK, FLINN, ROBERT, FLINN, ARTHUR, FLINT, GEORGE W, FLINT, JONATHAN, FLINT, IVAN, FLETCHER, CHARLES, HALL, ARTHUR, HALL, HERBERT, HART, JOHN, HARTSHORN, ALBERT, HARRISON, ERNEST, HARRISON, REGINALD, HANCOCK, JOHN, HOBSON, FREDERICK, HORT, HORACE, HORT, WALTER, HORT, SAMUEL, HORSLEY, WILLIAM, |
HUDSON, SAMUEL, HARRISON, WILLIAM, KERRY, VICTOR E S, KEMP, ARTHUR, KNOWLES, CYRIL, KYTE, JOHN, KYTE, WALTER, LOVETT, WINSTON, LOCKWOOD, FRANK LISTER-KAYE RUSSELL LEWIS, HENRY, MARTIN, INMAN, MARTIN, ALBERT M MARTIN, ALBERT, MARTIN, ARTHUR R MARTIN, FREDERICK, MALES, ISAAC, MALES, DOLAN, MALPAS, EVERARD, MARSHALL, JOHN, |
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MOSS, JAMES ARTHUR, MOSS, WILLIAM, MUSSON, RICHARD, MUSSON, ROBERT, MARRIOTT, WALTER, MURFIN, CHARLES, MARTIN, PHILIP, PARKIN, WILLIAM THOMAS, POCOCK, GEORGE, POLLARD, ALBERT, RATCLIFFE, WILFRED, RAYNOR, JOHN, RIDD, WILLIAM, SMALES-CRESSWELL, ALFD SMALES-CRESSWELL, CHAS SMALES-CRESSWELL, HY STAFFORD, CHARLES, STAFFORD, JOSEPH, STAFFORD, WILLIAM H, STEDMAN, WILLIAM, |
STEVENS, ALLEN, SMITH, FREDERICK J, SEAL, THOMAS O, SOAR, SAMUEL T, TALBOT, W, TURNER, ARTHUR, TURNER, JOSEPH, TURNER, WILLIAM, THOMPSON, DAVID, WALTERS, FRED, WINTER, JOHN, WEBSTER, RADFORD, WEBSTER, ERIC, WAIN, HARRY, WAIN, WILLIAM B, WHITEMAN, FRED, WINFIELD, SAMUEL, WOOD, PERCY, YATES, WILFRED ARTHR. YEOMANS, MARK, [HARRISON, FRANCIS,] |
[The name of Francis Harrison appears to have been added later and subsequently partly erased.] |
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| Left and right boards (WW2): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939 - 1945 ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" |
VALIANT HEARTS ROY ABBOTT FRED BRADDOCK WALTER OAKES REGINALD PRESTON HARRY RODGERS FRANK LILL SHEARS |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Smalley Parish Council; Belper Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Smalley Parish Council; Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
1940s: The two WW2 side sections were installed.
20th May, 2016: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson. It was in good condition and well cared for. The inscriptions were transcribed by Annette Carter.
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