Memorial Title
Church of St Peter - Roll of Honour
Summary
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Locations
| Last known location: Church of St Peter Church La Snelston Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE6 2EP NGR: SK 15539 43334 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: The church is on the north side of the road. The memorial is in the vestry. |
Type
| Overall type: Roll of Honour | Overall condition: Poor. The memorial has been damaged but the inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: A framed and glazed roll of honour. The paper roll bears, at the head, an arrangement of coloured flags of the United Kingdom, The Republic of France, the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Romania. Below that the names are inscribed in three columns: the first being those who served and returned, and the third being those who fell. The roll is contained in a moulded wooden frame. Glossary |
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Inscription
| Heading: | Roll of Honour Snelston Parish and those connected with it |
| Column 1: | HENRY GUY STANTON RN |
| ARTHUR EVANS RN | |
| RICHARD EVANS3/6th. SHERWOOD FORESTERS | |
| [HENRY] DAVENPORT WILLIAMSON 3rd. CANADIAN Mtd, RIFLES | |
| [EDWIN] FOREMAN 2nd. SHERWOOD FORESTERS | |
| WILLIAM FOREMAN 13th. SHERWOOD FORESTERS | |
| HENRY ARCHIBALD BURTON RN 3rd. ARMOURD. CAR SQUAD | |
| ARTHUR KIRKLAND 12th. R. FUSILIERS | |
| ARTHUR SMITH RASC MOTOR TRANSPORT | |
| ERNEST SMITH 10th. BATT: 1st. CANADIAN DIVISION | |
| SIDNEY SMITH 2/1 STAFFS YEOMANRY | |
| HAROLD SHAW 12tH. BATT: RIFLE BRIGADE | |
| RALPH BULLOCK 11th. GLOUCESTERS | |
| WALTER WALLIS 6th. SHERWOOD FORESTERS | |
| ERNEST FROST STAFFS YEOMANRY | |
| Column 2: | WILLIAM FROST 4th./5th. BATTALLION GRENADIER GUARDS |
| D E DUROSE NOTTS & DERBY | |
| G CHADWICK " " " | |
| S LEASON CHATSWORTH RIFLES | |
| F GREATHEAD 2/6th. NOTTS & DERBY | |
| W KEYES " " " | |
| H C V WARNFORD 21st. LANCERS 7th. RESERVE CAVALRY | |
| HERBERT PARTRIDGE 3rd. DERBYSHIRE YEOMANRY | |
| FREDERICK COXON 1st. BATT. NORTHUMBERd. FUSILIERS | |
| F S WOOD SHERWOOD FORESTERS | |
| ROBERT PELL GRENADIER GUARDS | |
| ROBERT BARKER LINCOLNSHIRE REGT. | |
| JOHN WILLIAM I'ANSON VET CORPS | |
| WILFRED WALLACE | |
| CHARLES KIRKLAND | |
| Column 3: | R I P |
| ROBERT PELL GRENADIER GUARDS | |
| EDWIN FOREMAN 2nd. SHERWOOD FORESTERS | |
| WILLIAM FOREMAN 13th. SHERWOOD F'STRS | |
| RICHARD EVANS 3/6th. SHERWOOD FORESTERS | |
| S. LEASON CHATSWORTH RFLS. | |
| F S WOOD SHERWOOD FSTRS | |
| ROBERT BARKER LINC REGT | |
[Some lettering missing or damaged.] |
| Conflicts and people named: | ||
| Conflict | First World War (1914-1919) | Totals |
| Action or event | Not stated | |
| Number died | 7 | 7 |
| Number served and returned | 23 | 23 |
| Total names | 30 | 30 |
Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Snelston Parish Meeting; Ashbourne Rural District Meeting; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Snelston Parish Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History and Conservation
13th September, 1967: The church was listed Grade II*, Heritage List for England number 1109768.
August 1991: The Snelston Conservation Area was designated. The church lies within it.
4th September, 2019: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in poor condition because at some stage in the past it has either been affected by damp or damaged by insects because an area to the left was damaged. However it is now cared for.
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