Memorial Title
Shirland and Higham
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial tablet to the fallen of Shirland and Higham at Shirland Cemetery, Derbyshire.
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Locations
| Last known location: Shirland Cemetery Main Rd (A61) Shirland Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE55 6BB NGR: SK 40043 58449 ±5m |
Location details: To the east of the A61, accessible from the footpath from Church St and through St Leonard's Churchyard. The A61 is called Chesterfield Rd on some maps. |
Type
| Overall type: Tablet. |
Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible. |
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| Description: A grey stone tablet accompanied by a cross on a wall. The tall, plain oblong tablet (possibly slate) has an incised inscription and names in two columns, all in upright capital block lettering infilled in white. The plain latin cross is of sandstone. The tablet and cross are mounted on walls which form three sides of an oblong enclosure on the footpath and which are of sandstone ashlar with coping stones. |
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Inscription
| Tablet: | TO HONOUR THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES WE WILL REMEMBER THEM WORLD WAR 1 1914 - 1918 |
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| ATTENBOROUGH W BAINES C BEARDALL J BRADLEY F BRADLEY W BROTHWELL W BROWN S COUPE C COLBORN W CONNELL H CRESSWELL S CUPIT J DAY H FAWBERT E GLOVER W GREAVES S HARRIS S HARRIS T HARRISON J.H HUNT A JARVIS W KERRY T.E LITTLEWOOD W LUDLAM G MELLOR F MUGGLESTONE G NEWBOROUGH J PARNHAM W PALMER W PEACOCK H |
PHIPPS T PICKBURN J.T PURDY E PURDY F ROBERTS G.R ROWLEY P SADLER S SHARRETT A SHARMAN S SILKSTONE A STAMPER E.W.P STAMPER G.S.P STERLAND F SWAIN J SWAIN T SUMMERS F TAGG HENRY TAGG H THOMPSON A TOMLINSON H WALKER A WALKER W WARRINER R WHEATCROFT A WHITE J WHITMORE W WILSON L WOOD R WOODWARD R WOODWARD W |
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WORLD WAR 11 1939 - 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
| BINGHAM J BOWLER T BRADLEY G BRAILSFORD J CLAYTON K CLEMENTS L DAWES H |
EDWARDS E KINDER H MARSHALL G PATILLA D PLATT J.T RANDLE E.A WOODWARD H |
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Administration
Custodian: Shirland and Higham Parish Council
Local authorities:
From WW1: Shirland and Higham Parish Council; Chesterfield Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Shirland and Higham Parish Council; North East Derbyshire District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
6th August 2008: The memorial was surveyed by Wendy White. It was in good condition.
8th July 2015: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in good condition.
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