|
| Home | Search | About war memorials | About us | Other projects |
|
Memorial Title
|
Turnditch
|
|
Images
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
References
|
–
|
|
Comments
|
–
|
|
Page © Roy Branson
|