Memorial Title
West Hallam
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial at West Hallam, Derbyshire.
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Locations
| Last known location: Roadside The Village West Hallam Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE7 6GR NGR: SK 43238 41222 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: On the south side of the road at the junction with St Wilfrids Rd, near the entrance to St Wilfrid's Church. |
Type
| Overall type: Sculpture. | Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: A white marble sculpture of two soldiers on a gritstone pedestal and three-stepped base. The pedestal and base also bear ten marble tablets, a metal plaque and a stone wreath. The two soldiers are manning a Vickers machine gun. Both wear 1914 pattern service dress with caps and carry light equipment. The gun is elevated in what appears to be an indirect fire with the gunner crouched behind it and the loader standing upright at the side. Both figures appear relaxed and very smartly dressed, as if on a training exercise rather than in action. Foliage and rubble provides the filler to make the gun tripod solid and there are two ammunition boxes by the loader's right foot. The foot of the carving bears the opening inscription inlaid in upright capital roman lettering. The oblong gritstone ashlar pedestal has a capstone with moulded cornice and small oblong panels of foliage in relief between the eight marble tablets on its faces, three on the front, three on the back and one on each end. The tablets bear a further inscription and the WW1 names inlaid in various styles of upright lettering. A marble frieze is set into the base of the pedestal and bears an incised inscription in upright capital roman lettering. The gritstone ashlar three-stepped base has an inclined carved stone laurel wreath at the centre flanked by a pair of inclined marble tablets bearing the WW2 inscription and names inlaid in upright capital roman lettering. A further metal plaque low on the front bears dedication information in raised upright capital lettering. Glossary |
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Inscription
| Foot of figures: | ROLL OF HONOUR MEN OF WEST HALLAM WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 | ||
| Tablets on 6 o'clock face (front): | A. STARBUCK G. H. THOMPSON W. D. TOPLIS R. TOPLIS C. TOPLIS A. M. UPTON J. WHITING G. WILLIAMS |
SACRED To the Memory of D. BARBER T. BROWN F. BANCROFT R. ELLIOTT W. FLINT E. HARTLEY T. PETITT H. J. PREECE W. TOPLIS Our Glorious Dead |
B. H. CHECKLAND M.C. A. CLARKE M.M. D. FLINT M.M F. A. KERSLAKE M.M. C. DE G. F. W. BUXTON W.R.N.S. B. A. MILLS V.A.D. |
FOR GOD KING AND COUNTRY |
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| Tablets on 9 o'clock face (left) and 3 o'clock face (right): | E. R. RABY D. SEVERN F. SHAW A. SHUTE V. SKELTON W. SKELTON B. SKELTON H. SLANEY F. SLANEY R. SLANEY |
J. H. BAILEY T. E. BACON J BACON G. BANCROFT P. M . BAKER H. BROWN E. BURROWS F. W. CABLE H. W. DANN J. E. DERBYSHIRE |
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| Tablets on 12 o'clock face (back): | W. DISNEY A. DUROW A. ELLIOTT A. ETHERINGTON G. A. FLINT P. FLINT C. FLETCHER G. GARTON W. H. GILCHRIST F. A. GLOVER |
F. HARTLEY C. HARRIS T. HARTSHORN F. HAYNES A. HAYNES A. HALLAM J. W. HALL S. HOLLINGWORTH J. HUNT H. JACKSON |
R. KERRY C. LEE L. LONG W. MABBET C. MILLS H. PORTER C. H. PREECE R. S. PREECE S. H. ROOK H. RILEY |
| Tablets on 6 o'clock face of steps: | 1939 - 1945 H. W. BAGGALEY J. L. BOTT C. L. GODFREY A. HUNT WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. |
1939 - 1945 J. H. LEE K. PERRON E. SOUTHERN G. STONE D. G. KERRY THOMPSON, W.A.A.F. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. |
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| Plaque on 6 o'clock face of steps: | DEDICATED 6TH AUGUST 1921 RESTORED AND REDEDICATED 8TH NOVEMBER 1998 | ||
| Conflicts and people named: | ||||
| Conflict | First World War (1914-1919) | First World War Civilians (1914-1919) | Second World War (1939-1945) | Totals |
| Action or event | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | |
| Number died | 9 | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| Number served and returned | 63 | 1 | 0 | 64 |
| Total names | 72 | 1 | 9 | 82 |
Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: West Hallam Parish Council, Shardlow Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1959: West Hallam Parish Council, South East Derbyshire Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: West Hallam Parish Council, Erewash Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History and Conservation
6th August, 1921: The memorial was unveiled by Capt H Fitzherbert Wright BA of Yeldersley Hall and dedicated by Rt Rev Charles T Abraham, Bishop Suffragan of Derby.
1948: The parish council procured and installed WW2 additions to the memorial comprising two marble tablets with names and a carved gritstone wreath, all affixed to the steps on the face of the memorial, and a frieze with incised inscription attached to the foot of the pedestal.
9th September, 1949: The memorial was rededicated.
1978: The West Hallam Conservation Area was first designated. The memorial lies within it.
6 November 1986: The memorial was listed Grade II, Heritage List for England reference 1206154.
1998: The memorial was restored.
8th November, 1998: The memorial was rededicated.
2008: Conservation and restoration was carried out assisted by a grant of £1833.00 from the War Memorials Trust, their reference WM2661.
8th August, 2013: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition and cared for.
References
Ibid; p12 col1: a photograph of the unveiling ceremony.
Wood, Roger; West Hallam War Memorial 1939-1945 In Memory of Our Fallen; 2018: an account of the memorial with particular reference to the WW2 additions and the casualties named thereon.
Wood, Roger; pers comm: a number of emails in 2018-2019.
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