Memorial
Title
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Herbert Strutt School - WW2 Library
Summary
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There are two further photographs of the panelling on file. |
Locations
| Last known location: Strutts Centre Derby Rd (A6) Belper Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE56 1UU NGR: SK 34682 46962 (±5m) |
Location details: On the first floor of the centre, formerly the Herbert Strutt School. |
Type
| Overall type: Room. |
Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible. |
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| Description: A library created in an existing room and comprising oak panelling with a dedicatory board, and a stained glass window. The gilded inscription is in upright capital roman lettering. |
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Inscription
| THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVERMORE ARNOLD GEOFFREY BEASTALL PHILIP GEORGE BOWMER NEVILLE ROLLINSON BRADSHAW WILLIAM CHARLES BROSTER VINCENT CYRIL BROWN WILLIAM DONALD CAPEWELL JOHN COWPER CHEETHAM BRIAN NEVILLE CHISNALL HAROLD ARTHUR CLARK HARRY COOPER VERNON CRESSWELL JOHN ROBERT FELL WILFRED HARRY FLANDERS FREDERICK ARTHUR HADLEY JOHN JOSEPH HOLMES SIDNEY SWINSON HUNT ARTHUR MILES JACKSON PHILIP HENRY JOHNSON RICHARD K. H. JOHNSON FRANK HERBERT LOWNDES CHARLES EDWIN PARKIN DEREK POUNDALL WILLIAM ROWELL DOUGLAS HOLLAND SEALE HERBERT SHAW ALBERT RICHARD STEEPLES PETER MYTTON THORNYCROFT JOHN KENNETH MURREY WATT CHARLES JOHN WILKINS ELIZABETH JANET WILKINS 1939 - 1945 |
Conflicts and people commemorated
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Administration
Local Authorities: Post 1974 local authorities are Belper Town Council, Amber Valley Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council.
History
c1950: The former dining room was rebuilt by Gee, Walker and Slater to create the library.
14th February, 1951: The library was opened by Mr W G Briggs, former Director of Education, Derbyshire County Council, and the board was unveiled by Mr Arthur Strutt, Chairman of the School Governors and President of the Old Boys' and Girls' Association. The memorial had cost about £1500, of which nearly £600 had been raised by the Old Boys' and Girls' Association, the balance being met by the Derbyshire County Council Education Committee.
Unknown date: The school was designated as a grammar school.
1973: The school was reorganised as a middle school.
13th December, 1979: The building was listed Grade II, Heritage List for England number 1349048.
1986: The school was reorganised as a primary school.
December 2001: The building lies within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site inscribed in that month.
16th July, 2003: The building lies within the Belper and Milford Conservation Area amalgamated on that date.
2007: The school closed and the building became redundant.
Unknown date: The building was taken over and established as a community centre.
22nd June, 2012: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot.
References
The Picture the Past website has a photograph of the library in use c1960s.
The Belper Research website has an inaccurate namelist.
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