Memorial Title

Chesterfield Football Club

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a war memorial garden of remembrance for Chesterfield Football Club at Whittington Moor, Chesterfield.

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Locations

Last known location:
The Technique Stadium
1866 Sheffield Rd (B6057)
Whittington Moor
Chesterfield
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
S41 8NZ

NGR:
SK 38496 73090
(From online digital mapping.)
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Location details:
The garden is on the perimeter of the site, to the east of the actual stadium.

Type

Overall type: Garden of remembrance.

Overall condition: Good. The memorial is cared for.

Description:

A long oblong garden containing shrubs, rocks, paths, an information board and many individual memorials. At the southern end is a sandstone rock with an inset resin plaque bearing a gilded incised inscription in capital and sentence case upright block lettering. At the centre is a poppy and at the bottom right is the badge of Chesterfield FC.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Garden	Composite	c100	c25000	c10000	Good
Rock	Sandstone	700	1600	800	Good
Plaque	Resin	375	600	15	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Main signboard:

CHESTERFIELD F.C.
MEMORIAL GARDEN

Information board (left side):

Chesterfield Football Club
Remembering our fallen heroes
World War 1 - 1914 - 1918

[Photograph] Vernon Bowmer [Biography]	[Photograph] Arthur Revill [Biography]
[Photograph] Fred Bulcock [Biography]	[Photograph] Jimmy Revill [Biography]
Billy Gerrish [Biography]
[Photograph] Gerald Graham [Biography]
[Photograph] Jimmy Knowles [Biography]	[Photograph] Charles Newcombe [Biography]
[Photograph] Joe Smith [Biography]	[Photograph] Albert Tye [Biography]

Information board (right side):

World War II - 1939 - 1945

[Photograph] Arthur Bacon [Biography]	[Photograph] Albert Bonass [Biography]
[Photograph] Fred Fisher [Biography]	[Photograph] Bob Wrigglesworth [Biography]
[Photograph] Allan Sliman [Biography]	[Photograph] Alec Campbell [Biography]

Plaque:

THESE BRAVE MEN REPRESENTED CHESTERFIELD FOOTBALL CLUB AS PLAYERS OR IN A MANAGERIAL CAPACITY
BEFORE GIVING THEIR LIVES SERVING THEIR COUNTRY IN THE TWO WORLD WARS OF THE 20th CENTURY

FIRST WORLD WAR 1914 - 18	SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 45
LIEUTENANT VERNON BOWMER MC 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers	FIREMAN ARTHUR BACON Rolls-Royce, Derby
LANCE CORPORAL FREDERIC BULCOCK 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters	SERGEANT ALBERT BONASS 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
PRIVATE BILL GERRISH 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment	2ND LIEUTENANT ALEC CAMPBELL Royal Artillery
PRIVATE GERALD GRAHAM 21st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment	SERGEANT ALLAN SLIMAN 75th (New Zealand) Squadron RAF
PRIVATE JIMMY KNOWLES 1/5 Battalion Sherwood Foresters	SERGEANT FRED FISHER 166 Squadron RAF
LIEUTENTANT CHARLES NEWCOMBE 7th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	FLIGHT SERGEANT BOB WRIGGLESWORTH 38 Squadron RAF
PRIVATE ARTHUR REVILL 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards
LANCE CORPORAL JIMMY REVILL 104th Field Company Royal Engineers
COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR JOE SMITH 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
LANCE CORPORAL ALBERT TYE 7th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment
LEST WE FORGET WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Second World War (1939-1945)	Totals
Action or event	Not stated	Not stated
Number died	10	6	16
Number served and returned	0	0	0
Total names	10	6	16

Administration

Custodian: Chesterfield FC Community Trust

Local authorities:
From 1974: Chesterfield Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History and Conservation

June 2014: The first sod was cut, and the garden was subsequently developed by Chesterfield Supporters Club.

Summer 2014; Building work was executed by Andy Ball and Tony Bointon; the stone was produced by Lumshill Stone (UK) Ltd of Chesterfield and signs were provided by Chatsworth Signs of Lower Pilsley, Derbyshire. The total cost was £35,000.

2nd August, 2014: The memorial was opened at a ceremony attended by Mr William Tucker, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire; Mr David Coleman, High Sheriff of Derbyshire; Cllr Alexis Diouf, Mayor of Chesterfield and Mr Albert Collins, former Chesterfield player.

23rd January, 2020: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in good condition and cared for.

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