Elvaston - WW1 Board

Memorial
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Locations

Last known location:
Wayside
Main Rd (B5010)
Elvaston
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE72 3EQ

NGR:
SK 40744 32568 ±5m

Location details:
Alongside the bridle path running west from Main Road towards Derby, about 300m from the road, near the Golden Gates (which are actually blue).

Type

Overall type: Board.

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible.

Description:

An untrimmed plank of wood, as cut from the tree but with a planed face upon which is incised the inscription coloured black and a depiction of a poppy coloured red and green.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Board	Wood	1085	655	35	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

LEST WE
FORGET
1914 - 1918

Conflicts and people commemorated

Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)
Number died	0
Number served and returned	0
Total names	0

Administration

Custodians: -

Local Authorities:
From 1974: Elvaston Parish Council; South Derbyshire District Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

2014: Installed

18th March 2015: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot.

References

Derby Telegraph; 21st July, 2014; p15 cols 2-4; a photograph of the new memorial by Gerald Hough.

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