Memorial Title
Derbyshire Constabulary - Board
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial board to Derbyshire Constabulary originally in St Mary's Gate, Derby but later removed to Butterley Hall, Ripley.
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Locations
| Last known location: Butterley Hall Coach Rd Ripley Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE5 3RS NGR: SK 40572 51267 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: The memorial is wall-mounted in the entrance area of the old Butterley Hall which now forms one of a cluster of buildings all known generically as Butterley Hall and forming the headquarters of the Derbyshire Constabulary. Coach Road is a private road accessed from the eastern end of the A610 Ripley Bypass. The area is not open to the public. |
| Previous location: County Police Headquarters (redundant) St Mary's Gate Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE1 3JR NGR: SK 35057 36473 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: Inside the building. The building has been converted to an hotel. |
| Previous location: County Police Headquarters (redundant) Iron Gate Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE1 3GA NGR: SK 35226 36407 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: Inside the building. The location of this building is quite unknown. It is included here because it is named in the 1948 press cutting, but police history sources and advisors are not aware of the county force ever occupying premises in Iron Gate |
Type
| Overall type: Board. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible. |
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| Description: Originally a square oaken board with a flat central roundel surrounded by a carved laurel wreath with ribbons and decorative punctuated borders and a projecting shield at the head. The gilded WW1 inscription is incised in upright capital roman lettering on the ribbon at the head and the gilded names are incised in two columns in the roundel in upright capital roman lettering. Later an additional oblong board was very skilfully added at the foot with WW2 names in similar lettering. |
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Inscription
| DERBYSHIRE CONSTABULARY 1914 1918 IN MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR |
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| WILLIAM ASTLE PERCY JAMES BAILEY WALTER JOHN BLACKER MICHAEL BOYLE HARRY BRUMBY RICHARD BULLIMORE. D.C.M. ARTHUR HENRY CONNELL ELIJAH COOPER FREDERICK GEORGE DUNHAM WILLIAM ALFRED EDWARDS JAMES ELLIOT GEORGE SIDNEY GOUGH BERTRAM HALL JOHN HANCOCK GEORGE HOOKER WALTER HARDY D.C.M. JOHN WILLIAM HAYNES |
GEORGE IRWIN JAMES JACKSON BENJAMIN GEORGE JINKS JOHN ROBINSON LEIVERS MYLES JOHN CHISLETT LITTLE WALTER MEAKIN EDGAR JAMES MELLON ALFRED PERCY OWEN RICHARD HARVEY PELL FRANK REED FREDRIC HAROLD SHENTON LESLIE JOHN SMITH GEORGE HENRY SYMONDS FRED CARVER THOMPSON HARRY WARDLE HENRY MAITLAND WEBSTER WILLIAM HENRY WHEATCROFT |
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| ARTHUR WILSON | ||||||||||||||||
| 1939 HERBERT VALENTINE BAKER WILLIAM VICTOR BIBBY LLOYD GEORGE BURTON GEORGE COOK |
1945 HOWARD INSLEY GEORGE MORLEY LUCAS JAMES WILLIAM EWART RICHARDSON DESMOND ARTHUR RICHINGS |
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| EDWARD THOMAS SMITH | ||||||||||||||||
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Administration
Local authorities:
Derby- From WW1: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation)
Ripley- From 1970: Ripley Parish Council; Ripley Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Ripley Town Council; Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
5th September, 1948: The additional WW2 board was unveiled in Derby by Alderman C. F. White MP, Chairman of Derbyshire County Council and dedicated by Cllr Rev E J Wass.
1958: Police Headquartes moved to Matlock but it is presumed that the memorial remained in Derby.
December 1970: Police Headquarters moved to Ripley and the memorial was subsequently re-erected there.
25 May 1988: Butterley Hall was listed Grade II, Heritage List for England number 1109013.
11th August, 2014: The memorial was surveyed at Butterley Hall by Roy Branson and Eric Naden with the kind permission and co-operation of the Chief Constable. It was in fair condition.
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