Memorial Title
Matlock Bath - Statue
Summary
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Locations
| Last known location: Promenade Gardens North Parade (A6) Matlock Bath Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE4 3NS NGR: SK 29606 58379 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: On the south side of the road at the eastern end of North Parade. |
Type
| Overall type: Statue | Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: A white Carrara marble sculpture of a soldier and a sailor mounted on a tall granite pedestal which bears the inscriptions and names. The soldier is wearing khaki service dress with forage cap and infantry puttees. The sailor is in Ratings Class II working dress (square rig). They are standing one each side of a stone cairn and holding a billowing Union Flag. The pedestal is of compound construction. At the top, forming a base for the sculpture, is a moulded capstone with dentiles below and this surmounts a plain frieze which has the opening inscription on the 6 o'clock face. Each face of the main central pillar is decorated at the top corners with short pilasters with dentilated capitals and bearing the inscriptions and names on the faces and resting on a plain thin plinth with a further inscription on the 6 o'clock face. Below the pillar is a base, also of compound construction, with a moulded capstone, a plain central section with a laurel wreath in relief on the 6 o'clock face and a projecting deep plinth with moulded upper edges. The whole surmounts a plain two-step ashlar base and is encircled by kerbstones and a narrow flower bed. Glossary |
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Inscription
| 6 o'clock face: | 9 o'clock face: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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OUR GLORIOUS DEAD IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF MATLOCK BATH WHO GAVE THEIR ALL IN THE GREAT WAR OF NATIONS 1914-1919 — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BODEN, GEORGE WILLIAM BODEN, MATTHEW BODEN, FRANK WIGLEY BRITLAND, WILLIAM HENRY BUXTON, EDGAR BURDETT, THOMAS CECIL CLAY, JOHN COATES, CLARENCE HUGH DICKINSON, LEWIS GEORGE ELLOTT, WILLIAM HENRY ELLIS, ERNEST FINNEY, WILLIAM JOHN GREGORY, WILLIAM HENRY HARDSTAFF, DICK HALL, ANGUS WALKER KNIGHT, WILLIAM ERNEST MORGAN, ARTHUR THOMAS PICKFORD, RICHARD REYNOLDS, THOMAS BERTRAM SEEDHOUSE, JOHN STATHAM, JOSEPH SIMS, ALEXANDER ANTHONY |
DUTY NOBLY DONE, HONOUR BRAVELY WON, LOYAL HEARTS NOW REST, BY GOD'S PEACE NOW BLEST | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 o'clock face: | 3 o'clock face: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ALSO IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BALLINGTON, HERBERT BINKS, RONALD EDMONDS, ROWLAND GRANTHAM, DAVID HOWITT, GEORGE LAND, NORMAN MOFFAT, ANGUS MORTEN, MAURICE MORTEN, CHARLES WALKER, WARREN [ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION BY THE INHABITANTS OF MATLOCK BATH] BERESFORD, BELPER [Lettering removed c1950] |
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Matlock Bath and Scarthin Nick Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1924: Matlock Bath Parish Council; The Matlocks Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1934: Matlock Bath Parish Council; Matlock Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Matlock Bath Parish Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History and Conservation
9th May, 1919: The War Memorial Committee was established and began seeking estimates for different types of memorial.
25th August, 1919: The committee announced their recommendation for the statue by James Beresford & Sons, monumental masons of Belper, Derby and Carrara, at 500 guineas (£525 then). Subsequently Beresfords executed the Cornish Granite substructure, lettering, overall construction and supervision of carving the Carrara marble figures by Fedele Andreani & Fratelli of Via Castelfigaro, Carrara, Italy. The final cost was £710.
1st May, 1921: The memorial was unveiled by Mr Frederick C Arkwright JP, DL, of Willersley, and dedicated by Rev William Askwith, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church. The assembly was also addressed by Mr J W Boden, Chairman of the War Memorial Committee; Mr A W Witham, Chairman of the Urban District Council; Rev B Hughes Smith, Wesleyan minister; and Mr Charles F White, MP for West Derbyshire.
c1950: The lettering on the 12 o'clock face was removed and replaced by the commemoration for WW2.
September 1972: The Matlock Bath Conservation Area was first designated and the memorial lies within it.
December 2001: The Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site was inscribed and the memorial lies within the Buffer Zone.
29th May, 2013: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in good condition and cared for.
References
Comments
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