Turnditch

Memorial
Title

Turnditch

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Locations

Last known location:
Roadside Garden
Ashbourne Road (A517)
Turnditch
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE56 2LH

NGR:
SK 29865 46653
±5m

Location details:
On the end wall of the former chapel which is now a private residence.

Type

Overall type: Tablet.

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible.

Description:

A wall mounted, black granite tablet in a limestone frame. The plain oblong tablet bears the inscription and names incised in upright capital roman lettering, and the plain oblong frame has a moulded cornice at the head. The whole is protected by a wooden gable canopy mounted on the wall above.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Tablet	Black granite	330	755	-	Good
Frame	Limestone	645	1065	95	Good
Canopy	Wood	490	1745	135	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918.
WILLIAM ABELL, GILBERT BAINBRIDGE
THOMAS COCKAYNE, EDWIN GIBBONS, ARTHUR HALL,
WILLIAM B. HICKMAN, VERNON HUDSON, GEORGE MORRIS,
GEOFFREY PALMER, PERCY O. SUTTON, PHILIP S. WHISTON.
1939 - 1945.
GEOFFREY H. B. SOWTER, EDWARD WALKER,
JOHN WARREN, NIGEL WHEATCROFT.
TRUE LOVE BY LIFE, TRUE LOVE BY DEATH IS TRIED,
YOU LIVE FOR ENGLAND, WE FOR ENGLAND DIED.

Conflicts and people commemorated

Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Second World War (1939-1945)
Number died	11	4
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	11	4

Administration

Custodians: Believed to be Turnditch and Windley Parish Council.

Local Authorities:
From WW2: Turnditch Parish Council; Belper Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Turnditch and Windley Parish Council; Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

26th March, 2015: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot.

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