Memorial details

Memorial type
Memorial homes / Alms houses
District
Rushcliffe
Town
Edwalton
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: 1927
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11331

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Current location

Hind Alms Houses
Edwalton
Rushcliffe
Nottinghamshire
NG12 4AB
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 59640 35140
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
ALMSHOUSES WITH DEDICATORY TABLETS EITHER SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE GATEWAY. TABLETS ARE FRAMED IN LIMESTONE
Inscription
LEFT HAND TABLET: THESE HOUSES WERE ERECTED IN 1927 BY OLIVER WATTS HIND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS FATHER JESSE HIND J.P. OF EDWALTON, SOLICITOR CLERK OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTRY AND FIRST CLERK TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, BORN 1842, DIED 1919, WISE CONSELLOR AND FAITHFUL FRIEND. ALSO OF HIS MOTHER, ELIZA HIND, BORN 1842, DIED 1907. HERSELF FORGETTING, SHE THOUGHT ONLY OF OTHERS RIGHT HAND PLAQUE: ALSO IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS BROTHER LAWRENCE ARTHUR HIND M.C., SOLICITOR, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL 7TH (THE ROBIN HOODS) BATTALION, THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS, BORN 1877, WOUNDED AT HOOGE IN 1915, KILLED LEADING HIS BATTALION IN THE ATTACK ON GOMMECOURT, FRANCE, JULY 1ST, 1916. ALSO OF HIS NEPHEW, JESSE FRANCIS MONTAGUE HIND, BORN 1893, LIEUTENANT, 9TH BATTALION, THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS, WOUNDED AT SUVLA BAY, GALLIPOLI, IN 1915 AND KILLED IN ACTION WHILST IN COMMAND OF HIS COMPANY AT THIEPVAL, FRANCE, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1916. IN LIFE THEY ALL DID THEIR DUTY
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Hind, Jesse Francis Montague
Hind, Lawrence Arthur
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death, age, relationships, additional, decorations
    Order of information: date of death
Components
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate
  • Building
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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