Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Nottingham
- Town
- Bulwell
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1916
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Unveiled
Date: 11 September 2011
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Rededicated
Date: 11 September 2011
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38780
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Current location
St Mary the Virgin and All Souls Church
Highbury Road
Bulwell
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG6 9AD
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 541 451
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- In storage in the cellar
Basford Social Club (demolished)
Eland St
Basford
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 556 423
Denomination: Undefined
- In storage in the cellar
- Description
- Pair of wooden boards with painted detail. Stylised lily centred below dedicatory inscription. Names in two columns flanking stem of lily.
- Inscription
- WW1 plaque: BASFORD SOCIAL CLUB/ LIMITED/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ (Names) WW2 plaque: BASFORD SOCIAL CLUB/ LIMITED/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Arthur
Adams, Francis Osborne
Adams, Samuel Rueben
Armfield, George Alfred
Arnold, Richard Harry
Bacon, Albert
Bamford, Edgar Archibald
Banner, Albert
Barnes, Alfred
Basford, Edwin
See details for all 210 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 85
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 88
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 4FT, width 2FT
Materials: Wood
- Board
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Basford Social Club
- WMO ID: 253857
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 19-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2011, September: Refurbishment of plaques includes re-lettering in gold paint. Memorials are relocated to St Mary the Virgin and All Souls Church in Bulwell. 2011, March: The building formerly housing the Basford Social Club is set to be demolished. A Committee concerned with relocating the Basford Social Club memorials awaits confirmation from St Marys church, Bulwell, Nottingham, that the memorials can be installed in the church. 2009: Basford Social Club closes. War memorial is found in cellar.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Basford Social Club until 2009.
- Reference
- Our website 38778 www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.38778/fromUkniwmSearch/1
- Other website www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/news/local-news/ceremony_to_re_dedicate_war_heroes_plaques_1_3744734
- Other website www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Restored-plaques-church/story-13192809-detail/story.html
- Other website www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/War-plaques-saved-future/story-12215838-detail/story.html
- Other website www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/save-war-memorials-stored-social-club-s-cellar/story-12194941-detail/story.html
- Our website 38779 www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.38779/fromUkniwmSearch/1
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