Memorial details

Memorial type
Obelisk
District
Amber Valley
Town
Holloway
County
Derbyshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 8 October 1922
    Attended by: The Bishop of Derby performed the dedication
  • Rededicated
    Date: 8th October 2017
    Attended by: Undefined
  • Unveiled
    Date: 8 October 1922
    Attended by: The Duke of Devonshire performed the unveiling.
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10338

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Current location

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Memorial Gardens
Tract of land between Church Street and Long Lane
Holloway
Amber Valley
Derbyshire
DE4 5AW
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 32511 56688
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A stone monument comprising an obelisk on a complex arrangement of plinths and pedestals with bronze plaques on three sides. The dressed sandstone obelisk bears a painted carved stone decoration of a Cross of St George in a roundel with scrollwork margins and surmounts a plinth with hollow moulded faces and a die with moulded cap and base stones and with recessed panels on its four faces, three of which bear bonze plaques with raised inscriptions in upright capital lettering. This surmounts a base of three steps or plinths of dressed ashlar sandstone on a battered pedestal of rough hewn ashlar sandstone. The whole rests on a platform built into the hillside and comprising battered ashlar sandstone walls and sandstone paving flags.
Inscription
(6 o'clock plaque): BEAR IN MIND THE MEN FROM/ DETHICK, LEA AND HOLLOWAY/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / (Names) (12 o'clock plaque): "O LORD SUPPORT US ALL THE/ DAY LONG OF THIS TROUBLOUS LIFE/ UNTIL THE SHADES LENGTHEN/ AND THE EVENING COME AND/ THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED,/ THE FEVER OF LIFE IS OVER AND/ OUR WORK DONE."/ "THEN LORD IN THY MERCY/ GRANT US SAFE LODGING, A HOLY/ REST AND PEACE AT THE LAST/ THROUGH JESUS CHRIST/ OUR LORD. AMEN." (3 o'clock plaque): LET US NEVER FORGET/ THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF/ DETHICK, LEA & HOLLOWAY/ WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 1945 / (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Broomhead, William Colin Eugene
Brown, Arthur
Bush, Arthur
Clarkstone, Stanley
Davis, Ernest
Hawley, Frederick George
Hodgkinson, Thomas
Hodgkinson, William
Hughes, William Andrew
Marsden- Smedley, George Futvoye
See details for all 18 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, surname, age at death
    Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, decorations, age at death
    Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth -, height 560mm, width 530mm
    Materials: Bronze
  • Base
    Measurements: depth 1000mm, height 220mm, width 1000mm
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
  • Obelisk
    Measurements: depth 630mm, height c3100mm, width 630mm
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: depth 810mm, height 830mm, width 810mm
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
  • Detail
    Measurements: depth 990mm, height c150mm, width 990mm
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
  • Plinth
    Measurements: depth c800mm, height c350mm, width c800mm
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Listing information
Condition
History
29/10/2019: A Structural Report carried out on 30/9/2019 states that the memorial was considered stable, and that a reinspection should be carried out within 5 years. // October 2017: Following extensive renovation of the grounds, the Memorial was re dedicated on the 8th October 2017.// c1992: Metalwork cleaned.// Early 1920s: The tract of land on which the Memorial stands (at the top of a steep hill extending from Church Street to Long Lane) was donated by Mr G S Marple, a former resident of Holloway, and laid out as Memorial grounds as a dedication to the men of the Parish who lost their lives in the Great War. The original site was opened by the Duke of Devonshire in 1922. // (The memorial now lies within the Dethick, Lea and Holloway Conservation Area. The obelisk is very close to Long Lane and has easy access from it, though it is a narrow lane. The main access is from Church Street by a long steep path starting south of the cemetery and winding through the wooded gardens.).
Costs

Comments: Site donated by Mr G S Marple.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
Dethick, Lea and Holloway Parish Council
Reference

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