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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Park / Sports field
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Town
- Leek
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MR THOMAS GRACE OF LEEK (Builder)
Mr W E Beacham (Designer)
MESSRS BAXENDALE & CO.LTD (Stone Carver) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5 November 1922
Attended by: LT COL CHALLINOR - Dedicated
Date: 5 November 1922
Attended by: Rev J A Howell - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13696
Current location
BESIDE THE RECREATION GROUND
Ball Haye Green
Leek
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 987 575
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Recreation ground with arched entrance gateway with gates. Plaques on both gate pillars surmounted by dates. Dates each contained in wreaths. Plaques decorated with Tudor roses.
- Inscription
- TOP: PRO PATRIA/ 1914 - 1919 LEFT HAND SIDE: TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING RESIDENTS OF/ BALL HAYE GREEN/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ EUROPEAN WAR/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ AND/ IN HONOUR OF THOSE RESIDENTS/ WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES) RIGHT HAND SIDE: SERVED/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, G
Abbott, W G
Adams, S
Addy, T
Armitt, R
Atkinson, H
Atkinson, J
Atkinson, W
Bailey, I
Bailey, J
See details for all 193 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 193
Served and returned: 167
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,decorations
Order of information: surname,forename,decorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Park
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Gates
Measurements: depth 4FT, height 10FT, width 28FT
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Plaques
Measurements: height 590MM, width 1100MM
Materials: Bronze
- Park
- 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
- History
- 2008: GRAFFITTI HAS BEEN REMOVED. GATES HAVE BEEN REINSTATED AND PAINTED. THE STONEWORK IS CLEAN AND STABLE, WITH SOME RE-POINTING NECESSARY. C1991: ACCORDING TO A REPORT, A LOT OF GRAFFITI. CORNER EDGES OF STONES BROKEN. RINGS FOR WREATHS MISSING. REMAINS OF HINGES BUT NO GATES. BOLT HEADS REMOVED FROM LH PLAQUE
- Costs
Site: £550
Comments: Total cost of memorial ammounted to £1,000.
Memorial: £441- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Leek Urban District Council. 2008: Leek Town Council.
- Reference
- Leek Times 12 November 1922
- Leek Post and Times 26th January 2005 article about commemorative cups
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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