Memorial Title
St Peter's Church - Roll of Honour
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 roll of honour in St Peter's Church, Littleover, Derby.
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Locations
| Last known location: St Peter's Church Normanton La Littleover Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE23 6GP NGR: SK 33235 34157 (from online digital mapping) |
Location details: In storage. |
Type
| Overall type: Roll of Honour. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible but a little faded. |
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| Description: A glazed and framed roll of honour comprising a printed sheet with handwritten names. The paper sheet has headings printed in full colour with a motif at the right comprising a crown, a cross and sprays of palm leaves. The title is in gold lettering with an illuminated initial in red and gold. The centre of the sheet has space where the names have been written, but on filling this space further names have been added in the left margin. |
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Inscription
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EUROPEAN WAR, 1914-1915. 1915-1916. 1916-1917. 1917-1918. ROLL OF HONOUR Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Killed in Action. |
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| Pte. Ernest Allsopp Pte. Joseph Corden Pte. Charles Newton Pte Francis Houlston Pte. Herbert Spalding. M.M. Pte Fred. Baldwin Pte. Fred. Shaw Pte. Lawrence Ford Pte. Edward Stoppard Pte. Ben Wibberley Lieut. Stuart Thirlby. Pte. Hollin Marshall Pte. Richard Vickers. Pte. Fred Vickers. Corporal Richard E. Hill. Pte. Alfred Wootton. Pte. Frank Williamson. Pte. William R. Jerram. |
Corporal Harold Lane Private Arthur Turner Private Draper Attewell Corporal Wilfrid Lee Private Harold Collard Private Louis Spencer Sergeant George Freeston Lieut. Jack Mc.Innes Private Frederick Johnson Private Herbert Wibberley Private George Smith Private Thomas Moorcroft Corporal Fred. Popple Lieut.Col. C. J. W. Hobbs D.S.O. Captain Francis D. Stones Lieut. W. H. Shaw Pte. John Osborne Pte. Samuel Williams Pte. James Grove |
2nd. Battalion Sherwood Foresters. 10th. Battalion Sherwood Foresters. 1st. Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1/1 Derbyshire Yeomanry. 10th. Sherwood Foresters. 2nd. Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. 10th. Battalion Sherwood Foresters. 5th. Sherwood Foresters. 2nd. Battalion Grenadier Guards. 24th. Northumberland Fusiliers 3/5 Sherwood Foresters. R.A.M.C. 5th Sherwood Foresters. Sherwood Foresters. 5th. Sherwood Foresters. Norfolk Regiment. 13th. Sherwood Foresters. Sherwood Foresters. South Staffs. |
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Grant them, Lord, Eternal Rest, and let light perpetual shine upon them. |
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Administration
Custodian: Presumed to be the Parochial Church Council.
Local authorities:
From WW1: Littleover Parish Council; Shardlow Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1968: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation) (Unparished)
From 1974: Derby Borough (and from 1977 City) Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1997 the unitary authority has been Derby City Council.
History
20th December 2015: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson. It was in good condition.
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