Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Erewash
- Town
- Long Eaton
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59260
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Current location
On the south wall of the building which now forms part of Long Eaton Town Hall.
The Hall
Derby Rd (a6005)
Long Eaton
Erewash
Derbyshire
NG10 1HU
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 490 339
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A nowy-headed bronze plaque with the badge of the Sherwood Foresters at the head, a simple raised border and inscription in raised upright capital roman lettering. A white stone backboard has a stepped top and bears a pediment at the head and a frieze of miniature pilasters at the foot.
- Inscription
- 45th/ FOOT/ 95th/ FOOT/ ON CRICH HILL A MONUMENT IS ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF/ 11,409 OF ALL RANKS OF/ THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS/ (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE REGT.)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ WHOSE NAMES/ ARE RECORDED WITH GRATITUDE AND LOVE IN/ BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE/ DEPOSITED IN/ NOTTINGHAM AND DERBY/ AND ALSO IN HONOUR OF/ ALL THEIR COMRADES WHO GLORIOUSLY SERVED/ IN 32 BATTALIONS OF THE SAME REGIMENT/ TO THE NUMBER OF/ 140,000
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 20mm, height 750mm, width 515mm
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: depth -, height 1540mm, width 1020mm
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- Listing information
- THE HALL
- Grade II*
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Sherwood Foresters
- WMO ID: 66782
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Listed Grade II* on 22nd October 1962, English Heritage Reference 82208
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Erewash Borough Council
- Reference
- Other website English Heritage www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=82208&resourceID=5
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