Memorial Title
Derby Borough Police - WW1
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial tablet to Derby Borough Police previously in Full St, 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: Full Street Police Station (demolished) Full St Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE1 3AF NGR: SK 35371 36448 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: In the Parade Room. |
Type
| Overall type: Tablet. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible. |
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| Description: Originally a white marble tablet in an alabaster frame. The horizontal oblong tablet has the inscription and names incised in upright capital roman lettering infilled in black. The alabaster frame was subsequently replaced by an oaken frame. |
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Inscription
| TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LASTING MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE DERBY BOROUGH POLICE FORCE, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918. |
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| FREDERICK GEORGE ALLEN JACOB BROOKS ALBERT BROWN GEORGE PERCY CAUNT ARTHUR ELTON HERBERT EDWARD FITCH |
ALBERT GILBERT FREDERICK GRACE EDWARD JENNINGS ARTHUR MEREDITH ALBERT VICTOR ORME ERNEST SEATON |
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| ALBERT WALTERS | |||||||||||
| THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES. | |||||||||||
| FEBRUARY 1923. | |||||||||||
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Administration
Local authorities:
Derby- From WW1: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation)
From 1974: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council and Derbyshire County Council.
Since 1997 the unitary authority has been Derby City Council.
Ripley- From 2000: Ripley Town Council; Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
c1934: The new police station in Full Street was completed and it is presumed that the memorial was moved there at about that time.
25th May, 1988: Butterley Hall was listed Grade II, Heritage List for England number 1109013.
c2000: Full Street Police Station closed and the memorial is presumed to have been moved to Butterley Hall at about that time.
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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