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Memorial
Title

Employees of Midland Railway General Stores Department

Images
Setting Memorial Detail
Locations
Last known location:
Midland Railway Study
 Centre
The Silk Mill
Silk Mill La
Derby
Nearest postcode:
DE1 3AF

NGR:
SK 35334 36642
(From online digital mapping)
Location details:
The memorial is mounted on the research room wall in the Midland Railway Study Centre. The Derby Museum catalogue number is DBYMU 2005-611.

Previous location:
Bogie Division
 (Demolished)
Bombardier
 Transportation
Former Locomotive
 Works
Railway Terrace
Litchurch
Derby
Nearest postcode:
DE24 8PU

NGR:
SK 36457 35335
(From online digital mapping.)
Location details:
The Bogie Division was located in Nos 7, 8 and 9 Shops of the former Midland Railway Locomotive Works. No 8 shop was demolished and the remaining building split into offices and a workshop with a corridor running between them. The memorial, with others, was mounted on the wall of that corridor. The site has now been redeveloped as Pride Park and the location of the Bogie Division was towards the western end of the current Locomotive Way.

Previous location:
Locomotive Stores
 (Demolished)
Former Locomotive
  Works
Railway Terrace
Litchurch
Derby
Nearest postcode:
DE24 8HS

NGR:
SK 36382 35348
(From online digital mapping.)
Location details:
The Locomotive Stores building was towards the western edge of the former Midland Railway Locomotive Works, close to Derby Midland Railway Station but on the opposite side of the tracks. The site has now been redeveloped as Pride Park and the location of the Locomotive Stores was towards the southern end of the current Hudson Way. It is not known if this was the original location of the memorial as several other building were known as Stores or General Stores.
Type
Overall type: Roll of honour.


Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible and the memorial is well cared for.

Description:

A large framed and glazed painted roll of honour.

The roll has a broad scroll across the head bearing the introductory inscription in black upright capital roman lettering and with a full colour representation of the royal coat of arms at the centre. Below the scroll is an image of a highly decorated sword in its scabbard tied with blue ribbons to a central oblong panel bearing photographs of 27 fallen servicemen with their names beneath each one. At each side of the panel is part of a golden wreath of bound laurels, and a Union Flag is draped at its foot with a rifle lying on it. To the left of the flag is an image of a warship at sea and to the right is a depiction of a cenotaph. The names of 265 men who served are listed in order of year of enlistment in three columns on each side of the design. The list duplicates the names of the fallen whose photographs are in the central panel. The names appear to be hand written in black calligraphy with annotations, where relevant, of decorations and casualty details in red. Below the names are explanations of the annotations used.

The frame is of varnished oak and has a segmental pediment at the head bearing a coloured depiction of a wyvern in relief at the centre.


Components:

Component Material Height Width Depth Condition
Roll of Honour Paper 960 1500 - Good
Frame Oak, glass 1660 1860 90 Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.
Inscription
Heading:
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN OF THE
GENERAL STORES DEPARTMENT WHO
SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES
AND A PERPETUAL MEMORIAL
TO THOSE WHO DIED FOR THEIR
COUNTRY AND FOR FREEDOM

Names under the photographs in the central panel:
GEORGE A E TWIDALE W SMART W J MEDCALF W A WEBSTER J WRIGHT W B COLE H
BERRIDGE H ROSE R E HODGKINSON A J DOVE J ORDISH R A GREEN FRED
HODGSON J JONES R G
TAYLOR H FRETTINGHAM W BEAVIS W H PEARCE F W BROWNETT W BEAVER T G
BROWN S MIDDLETON H BREWSTER G SHARRATT S J BROOKS J GODDARD C E

Names in three columns to the left:
  1914
ADAMS A.G.
ARCHER E.
BENN J.W.
BRAMLEY J.A.
BUTLER F.N.
BRANSON P.
BAILEY F.J.
BEAVER T.G.
BEAVIS W.H.
BEDFORD F.
BENNETT F.
BIRKS E.
BRADLEY A.
BROOKS J.
BROWNETT W.
CAMP G.
CLARK A.
CLAYTON G.
COLE H.
DUNTON W.H.
DAVIS J.
DAYKIN E.
DINSDALE F.A.
EDGE F.J.
ELEY A.W.
ELTHAM J.
FOWLER S.
FEARN J.W.
FEARN T.J.
FISHER K.
FRETTINGHAM W.
GRAHAM C. R.
GREEN B.A.
GEORGE A.E.
GIDDINGS W.
HEANE S.G.
HINE W. H.
HOLMES E.W.
HARVEY E.
HICKEY T.G.
HICKS E.
HINDS A.
HINDS W.H.
IMESON W.W.



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JONES R.G.
JAMES J.A.
JELLYMAN F.
JOHNSON C.F.
KNAPP W.
LEWIS F.
LOWLES A.E.
LAMBERT L.
LITTLECHILD F.
LUSCOMBE A.
MEE B.S.
MEDCALF W.A.
MORAN ALBERT
MASON P.H.
MORRIS F.
MILLER W. C.
ORDISH R.A.
ORDERS J.T.
PEACOCK S.
PEARCE F.W.
PAGE P.
PHILLIPS T.
QUICK G.H.P.
RYDE W.A.
REA H.
REEVES J.
RICE S.
SANDWITH L.
SCUDDER C.
STAFFORD F.G.M.
STOWER W.
SHARPE H.
SHAW G.
SHREEVE J.
STIMSON G.
STOWER J.
STRETCH F.W.
TAYLOR H.
THOMPSON H.
THORLEY W.
TURNER C.
TWIDALE W.
VARNEY G.
WATTS J.
WILKES P.J.
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WILSON R.
WINTER S.
WRIGHT W.B.
WALKER H
WALL W.
WIDDOWSON A.
WILLIAMS F.
WILSON F.
WRIGHT A.
  1915
ASHCROFT S.
ASHFORTH E.W.
BANCROFT A.J.
BENNETT A.
BOTTOM S.
BREWSTER G.
BULL E.E.
BUXTON C.
COUPE J.F.R.
CARTER E.
CAULDWELL A.
DAY C.
ELLIOTT D.J.
FARRALL R.
FOSTER T.
FRISBY C.W.
GASKIN A.E.
HALL T.
HARDY G.
HARGREAVES T.
HARLOW A.
HICKMAN A.E.
HIGGINBOTTOM S.
HILL C.
HODGSON J.
HOOPER H.
HUNT W.H.
JACQUES E.N.
LEMON C.
MELLOR F.M.
MIDDLETON H.
MILLER E.J.
MOORCROFT F.
MORAN ARTHUR
NEAL H.


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D. DIED of WOUNDS etc.

Names in three columns to the right:
NELSON A.
NEWBOLD J.
PASSEY A.
PAYNE J.
PEARCE C.
RANDALL R.
ROPER G.H.
ROSE R.E.
SPARKES G.S.
SCOTCHBROOK H.
SMART W.J.
SMITH F.
WARBURTON F.A.
WARRINGTON G.
WEDD G.
WILCOX J.A.
WOODYET A.
WOOLLATT W.M.
  1916
ATTER A.J.J.
BRADLEY W.
BRAITHWAITE E.
BRENNAN H.
BROWN R.A.
BURRIDGE A.
BURTON G.
BRYAN A.E.
CHAPMAN J.F.
CLAY R.
DOBSON W.
DODD F.A.
DOVE J.
DUFFIELD J.
EASTGATE H.
ELKS S.A.
FISHER A.H.
FOWKES A.
GEE P.T.
GRAVES C.H.
GOODWIN G.T.
GODDARD C.E.
GREEN FRED.
GRIMWOOD G.
HARROLD B.Y.
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HART F.T.
HENDLEY J.H.
HINKLEY W.T.
HODGKINSON A.J.
JAMES W.
KILLINGLEY J.
KING G.W.
LOWLES H.(senior)
MARPLE T.J.
MURRAY F.W.
NEEDHAM W.
NORTON A.
PADGETT B.
PARKINSON A.
PEARSON C.
PERKINS H.J.
POWLING A.
REPTON A.
RILEY J.W.
SHARRATT W.
SMITH F.W.
SMITH W.
SMITH W.J.
SMITH W.E.WALKER-
SNUTCH J.
SOLLOWAY J.
STORER E.
STRETTON J.R.
SUTTON W.
THORPE A.
TOMLINSON F.
TRIGG T.
WATERFIELD K.
WEATHERBURN H.J.
WELCH T.
WHELAN J.
WHITTINGHAM C.
WILD F.J.
YEOMANS J.R.
  1917
AHNE C.F.
BARTLETT S.J.
BERRIDGE H.
BORLEY F.C.
BROWN S.

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BURDETT J.G.
BURTON J.W.
COLLARD J.W.
COPE E.
CRATCHLEY W.
DAY A.J.
EDGE J.W.
GARNER A.E.
GREEN FRANK
GREENAWAY B.
GRIMES R.
HAGGAR J.
HARRISON A.
HEWITT K.T.
JOHNSON J.I.
LEE E.R.
NEWBOLD W.H.
PALMER E.
POUNTAIN W.
PRITCHARD W.J.
RUSHTON W.A.
SADLER P.
SHARP E.
SHARRATT S.J.
SMITH G.
STOWER F.
TILLEY W.E.
TRIGG F.
TUNNICLIFFE W.J.
WEALE H.
WEBSTER J.
WILLIAMS G.H.
WILLIAMSON P.
WOOD A.
WOODWARD L.
WOOLLEY J.
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CHOLERTON N.
DAKIN D.J.
ELLIOTT H.
HILL H.R.
JONES W.L.
LOWLES H.(junior)
SHEPHERD F.
WALLIS J.


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Conflicts and people named:
Conflict First World War (1914-1919)
Number died  27
Number served and returned 238
Total names 265
Administration
Custodian: Derby Museums c/o Midland Railway Study Centre.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation)
From 1974 to 1997: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council and Derbyshire County Council.
From 1997: The unitary authority has been Derby City Council.
History
1920s: The memorial is presumed to have been erected in the General Stores Department in the years following WW1 although the location has not yet been identified. An extant building near the Roundhouse at the former Locomotive Works was known as the General Stores but it is not known whether it served only the Locomotive Works or the entire Midland Railway company. Other building at the Locomotive Works and the Carriage and Wagon Works may have stores.

1 January 1923: The Midland Railway became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway and some subsequent reorganisation took place.

1 January 1948: The railway industry was nationalised and assets were transferred to British Railways. Further reorganisations took place subsequently.

1969: The engineering workshops were transferred to British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL), still part of the nationalised structure.

24th February, 1977: The Silk Mill was listed (as the Industrial Museum) Grade II, Heritage List for England number 1287508.

October 1987: The Silk Mill lies within the Derby City Centre Conservation Area first designated in that month.

1988: BREL was split off from the rest of British Rail and was soon sold to Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), subsequently becoming part of Adtranz, a merger of ABB and Daimler-Benz and finally by Bombardier transportation.

1990: The closure of the Locomotive Works was announced and some demolition began but Bombardier retained its Bogie Division located in the former Nos 7, 8 and 9 Shops. No 8 shop was demolished and the remaining building split into offices and a workshop with a corridor running between them. Bombardier staff recovered several memorials from condemned buildings and relocated them on the wall of that corridor.

December 2001: The Silk Mill lies within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site inscribed in that month.

20th December, 2004: Bombardier closed its Bogie Division and on 20th December the memorial was deposited with Derby Museums.

8th November 2007: The memorial was photographed in its current position by Eric Naden. It was in good condition and well cared for.

12th August 2015: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Frances Casey. It was in good condition and well cared for.
References
Michael Fox, former railway works manager, Derby; Pers Comm 27th August, 2015 to 9th September, 2015; three emails providing valuable information regarding the recovery of memorials from the derelict Locomotive Works and their relocation, together with descriptions of the various locations.

Dave Harris, Midland Railway Study Centre, Derby; Pers Comm 1st September, 2015. An email providing valuable information regarding the history of the memorial.
Comments
The wyvern is a mythical winged serpent which forms the crest on the Midland Railway's armorial bearings.
Page © Roy Branson