Memorial Title

Lt Col C E Hudson VC DSO and bar MC

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial tablet in the Market Place, Derby commemorating Lt Col Charles E Hudson VC DSO and bar MC.

Images

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Locations

Last known location:
Market Place
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE1 3AE

NGR:
SK 35292 36324 ±5m
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Location details:
The tablet is set into the paved surface in front of the main memorial opposite the Guildhall.

Type

Overall type: Tablet

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for.

Description:

A square recumbent tablet of Scoutmoor Yorkstone with a narrow circular incised border. The tablet has a depiction of the Victoria Cross incised at the head and the inscription below in upright incised capital roman lettering.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Tablet	Sandstone	600	600	50	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

LIEUTENANT COLONEL
CHARLES HUDSON
SHERWOOD FORESTERS
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND
DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT
15TH JUNE 1918

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action	Not stated
Number died	0	0
Number served and returned	1	1
Total names	1	1

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Department for Communities and Local Government and Derby City Council.

Local authorities:
From 1997: The unitary authority has been Derby City Council.

History and Conservation

October 1987: The City Centre Conservation Area was first designated and the memorial lies within it.

2013: The stone was designed by Charlie MacKeith.

Unknown date: The stone was extracted from a quarry near Ramsbottom and worked for the Department for Communities and Local Government who supplied it to Derby City Council.

15th June, 2018: The memorial was unveiled by WC Philip Giles OBE, Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire, and Cllr Mike Carr, Mayor of Derby, at a stone laying ceremony, and the blessing was given by Rev Canon Dr Elizabeth Thomson, Sub-Dean of Derby Cathedral. They were supported by Capt B Griffiths of the Mercian Regiment; Mrs Lucy Palmer, High Sherrif of Derbyshire; relatives of Lt Col Hudson; veterans and Pte Derby XXXII, regimental mascot of the Mercian Regiment with Ram Major and Ram Orderly. The ceremony was attended by members of the public. The fixing was finalised by Derby City Council staff. The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson.

25th April, 2019: The memorial was photographed in its final position by Roy Branson.

References

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Comments

Lt Col Hudson subsequently became a Brigadier and during WW2 was awarded the Order of the Bath (CB).

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