Memorial Title
Derby School - WW1 Tablet
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 memorial tablet to the Old Derbeians of Derby School, formerly located at St Helen's House, Derby and now at Derby Moor Community Sports College, Littlover.
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Locations
| Last known location: Derby Moor Community Sports College Moorway La Littleover Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE23 2FS NGR: SK 32765 33162 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: In storage, pending new display. |
| Previous location: Derby Moor School Moorway La Littleover Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE23 2FS NGR: SK 32731 33208 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: Wall mounted, in an alcove of the school hall. |
| Previous location: Derby School King St (A6) Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE1 3EE NGR: SK 35007 36836 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: On the north wall inside the chapel. |
Type
| Overall type: Tablet. |
Overall condition: Fair. |
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| Description: A pale grey oblong alabaster tablet suffused with flushes of pale yellow and with an incised inscription in upright capital roman lettering picked out in black. |
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Inscription
| TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF DERBY SCHOOL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918, AND WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED ON THE OBELISK ERECTED IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL HOUSE. |
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Administration
Custodian: Not known.
Local authorities:
From WW1: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation) (Unparished)
From 1974: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1997: Derby City Council (unitary authority).
History
c1922: The tablet was installed in the chapel at the King St premises.
1966: Derby School moved to a new building at Littleover and the tablet was affixed to the wall of the assembly hall.
1974: The school was changed from a grammar school to a comprehensive school.
September 1989: The school was renamed Derby Moor Community School.
2004: The school was renamed Derby Moor Community Sports College.
c2011: Work started on rebuilding the school; the tablet was removed from the wall and placed into temporary storage.
January 2013: The new school buildings were occupied and the tablet placed into storage there pending creation of a suitable display.
2nd February, 2016: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.
References
Derby Daily Telegraph 30th December 1922 p2 col4: A report that surplus funds raised for the obelisk would be used to provide a tablet in the chapel.
M Shales, Pers Comm. A series of emails from the Principal providing historical details.
Comments
Thanks to Mike Shales, School Principal, and Maurice Cass, Assistant Archivist to the Old Derbeian Society, for their assistance in researching and recording this memorial.