Memorial Title

ACW2 H I Harrison

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW2 war memorial comprising a vase accompanying a CWGC gravestone at Nottingham Road New Cemetery, Chaddesden, Derby commemorating ACW2 Hilda Irene Harrison.

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Locations

Last known location:
Compartment A4
Nottingham Road New
Cemetery
Nottingham Rd
Chaddesden
Derby

Nearest postcode:
DE21 6FN

NGR:
SK 37143 36766 ±5m
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Location details:
Towards the eastern corner of the compartment, two rows north from the side path and about five rows west from the main path.

Type

Overall type: Vase

Overall condition: Poor. The vase is intact but is neglected and has incurred some damage, including a large piece of stone broken from the corner of the inscription.

Description:

A cubic vase accompanying a CWGC gravestone. The concrete vase has marble tablets on the top and the sides, one of which bears the inscription inlaid in upright capital block lettering.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Vase	Concrete, white marble	250	250	250	Poor
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Headstone:

IN
[LOVI]NG MEMORY OF
HILDA IRENE
HARRISON,
W.A.A.F. W.O.
KILLED FEB. 4. 1944,
AGED 25 YEARS.
MAM & DAD

[Part of the inscription missing.]

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	Second World War (1939-1945)	Totals
Action or event	Not stated.
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Harrison family

Local authorities:
From WW2: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation)
From 1974: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council and Derbyshire County Council.
From 1997: Derby City Council.

History and Conservation

11th January, 2022: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in poor condition.

References

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Comments

The casualty is recorded by CWGC as Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 480000 Irene Hilda Harrison, Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

Although Hilda Harrison is named on the CWGC gravestone, this is her CWGC War Grave so the headstone is not classified as a war memorial according to the definition adopted by most heritage organisations.

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