Derbyshire War Memorials
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Memorial Title

Wirksworth - End of WW1
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a war memorial tablet at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, commemorating the end of WW1.
Images
Train Installed Setting Position Memorial
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Further images may be available on request.
Locations
Last known location:
Memorial Gardens
St Johns St (B5023)
Wirksworth
Derbyshire 		Nearest postcode:
DE4 4DS

NGR:
SK 28730 53842
(From online digital mapping.)
(Map opens in new window.) 		Location details:
The memorial is against the north wall of the gardens.
Type
Overall type: Tablet Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for.
Description:

A freestanding Longcliffe limestone tablet modelled on the design of a CWGC headstone with a shallow arch top, the badge of Wirksworth Town Council in relief in a cartouche at the head and an incised inscription in upright capital roman lettering.

Glossary 		Components:

ComponentMaterialHeightWidthDepthCondition
TabletLimestone84038075Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.
Inscription
ERECTED FOR THE
PEOPLE OF WIRKSWORTH
ON 11TH NOVEMBER 2018
TO COMMEMORATE
THE CENTENARY
OF THE END OF
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
WE REMEMBER
THE LOSS AND SUFFERING
OF OUR PEOPLE
AT THAT TIME
Conflicts and people named:
ConflictFirst World War (1914-1919)Totals
Action or eventNot stated
Number died00
Number served and returned00
Total names00
Administration
Custodian: Presumed to be Wirksworth Town Council

Local authorities:
From 1974: Wirksworth Town Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History and Conservation
c2018: The tablet was made from Longcliffe stone, the nearest that is currently available to the Hoptonwood stone used for the original war grave headstones.

11th November, 2018: The tablet was loaded onto a train at the Middleton terminus of the Steeple Grange Light Railway and transported down the line to Steeplehouse where it was transferred to a horse drawn gun carriage and taken to the Church of St Mary for the remembrance service, and afterwards to the Memorial Gardens where is was set in place and dedicated.

30th June, 2019: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson. It was in fair condition.
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