|
| Home | Search | About war memorials | About us | Other projects |
|
Memorial Title Overseal
|
|
Summary Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial garden at Overseal.
|
|
Images
|
|
|
|
Click on a thumbnail to see a larger image. Further images may be available on request.
|
|
|
Locations
|
Last known location: Memorial Garden Roadside Woodville Rd Overseal Derbyshire
|
Nearest postcode: DE12 6JF
NGR: SK 29652 15548 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.)
|
Location details: The garden is at the junction with Hallcroft Ave.
|
|
|
Type
|
Overall type: Garden.
|
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for.
|
Description:
A small memorial garden surrounded by a fence, with mild steel gates at the front and an arch over. Two rectangular metal plaques are attached to a granite block and a supplementary sponsors’ plaque is located on the ground before it. Each plaque has a narrow raised border and the inscriptions and names are in upright capital raised lettering.
Glossary
|
Components:
Component |
Material |
Height |
Width |
Depth |
Condition |
Garden |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Fair |
Plaque x 2 |
Metal |
460 |
255 |
c10 |
Fair |
Plaque |
Metal |
150 |
250 |
c10 |
Fair |
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.
|
|
|
|
Inscription
|
Gate arch:
|
1914-1918 Memorial Garden 1939-1945
|
|
Left plaque:
|
Right plaque:
|
GREAT WAR 1914/1919
|
E. P. CLAMP R. EACOT C. P. FERNIGHOUGH J. S. HALL F. G. HARPER T. H. HOGG J. W. HOGG J. T. HUGHES A. JORDAN W. JORDAN J. W. LAMSDEN S. N. LEEDHAM P. W. PERRY J. R. TEBBETT J. THORPE G. WALKER C. WOODWARD J. WOOD H. YATES
|
THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
|
|
WAR WITH GERMANY-JAPAN 1939/1945
|
J. BIRD H. BODELL A. BOULTER J. FISHER J. HOOSON G. LEWIS B. MILLER A. MOORHOUSE L. SMITH W. SMITH G. USHER G. E. WATERS
|
THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
|
|
|
Supplementary plaque:
|
RESTORED BY OVERSEAL GALA COMMITTEE DONATIONS BY BARDON HILL QUARRY K. BORLEY AND SON LTD CANALSIDE PATIOS 8TH NOVEMBER 1992
|
|
Conflicts and people named:
|
Conflict |
First World War (1914-1919) |
Second World War (1939-1945) |
Totals |
Action |
— |
Number died |
19 |
12 |
31 |
Number served and returned |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total names |
19 |
12 |
31 |
|
|
|
Administration
|
Custodian: Not known.
Local authorities: From WW1: Overseal Parish Council; Hartshorne and Seals Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council. From WW2: Overseal Parish Council; Repton Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council. From 1974: Overseal Parish Council; South Derbyshire District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
|
|
History
|
8th November, 1992: The memorial was restored.
9th June, 2008: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition and cared for.
|
|
References
|
—
|
|
Comments
|
Can you add to or correct anything on this page? Let us know.
|
|
Page © Roy Branson
|