Ticknall School (Lost)

Memorial
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Locations

Last known location:
Ticknall School
Rose La
Ticknall
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE73 7JW

NGR:
SK 35208 24066

Location details:

Type

Overall type: Board.

Overall condition: Lost.

Description:

A three-panelled board of English oak. The central panel bore an upright oblong painting of a woman mourning beside a memorial tablet bearing the inscription. On each side of the painting were fluted pilasters supporting a frieze, a moulded cornice and a triangular pediment containing a laurel wreath in relief. The two side panels each contained an upright oblong brass plaque bearing the names incised in single columns. The plaques were each flanked by fluted pilasters supporting a moulded cornice. The three panels surmounted a shelf supported by a carved bracket.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Board	Oak	-	-	-	Lost
Painting	Paint	-	-	-	Lost
Plaque	Brass	-	-	-	Lost
Plaque	Brass	-	-	-	Lost
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Left Plaque:

Painting on central panel:

Right plaque:

F. BAMFORD
A. BANTON
T. BANTON
H. BATES
R. BENTLEY
G. BLOOR
W. BLOOR
H. CARTLIDGE
R. DEXTER
G. GEE
J. HOLT
A. HUDSON

TO THE MEMORY
OF OLD SCHOLARS OF THIS SCHOOL
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914
1918.
"THEY HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
DYING
IN THE CAUSE OF
HUMANITY THAT HONOUR
MIGHT LIVE."

[Image very faint.]

J. HYDE
W. HYDE
A. JAMES
F. LESTER
D. MARRIOTT
G. MARRIOTT
J. MARRIOTT
E. PARKES
A. SMITH
E. WHITMORE
S. WOODWARD
W. WOODWARD

Conflicts and people named
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)
Number died	24
Number served and returned	0
Total names	24

Administration

Custodian: —

Local authorities:
After WW1: Ticknall Parish Council; Hartshorne and Seals Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
After WW2: Ticknall Parish Council; Repton Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Ticknall Parish Council; South Derbyshire District Council; Derbyshire County Council..

History

c1920: Fundraising was organised by Miss Emily Harrison, daughter of Harry Harrison and Emily Harrison, headmaster and headmistress of the school from 1881 and 1882 respectively.

7th May 1921: The memorial was unveiled by Maj John Kerr MC during a service conducted by Rev L W Lloyd.

References

May 1921: Derby Mercury.

2nd August, 2014: Programme, Ticknall Parish Council's Commemoration of the
100th Anniversary of WW1, p7.

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