Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Erewash
- Town
- Stanley
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12 November 1954
Attended by: REV W G COOK
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14235
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Current location
Station Rd
Stanley
Erewash
Derbyshire
DE7 6FL
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 41896 40367
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Polished granite obelisk and pedestal with white marble tablet set in 6 o'clock face of two-stepped concrete base. Inscription in black inlaid upright capital block lettering on 6 o'clock face of pedestal and on tablet. Victors' wreath in relief at foot of obelisk.
- Inscription
- Pedestal: TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ "HEROES ALL, FOR US THEY DIED" Step: WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Costall, R
Davis, A
Davis, T
Durwo, W
Harris, Albert
Hemstock, Trevase Arthur
James, J W
Martin, Desmond
Morgan, G H
Sarson, George Arthur
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 380mm, height 2200mm, width 380mm
Materials: Granite - Pedestal
Measurements: depth 750mm, height 800mm, width 750mm
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: depth 1700mm, height 650mm, width 1700mm
Materials: Concrete - Tablet
Measurements: depth c 30mm, height c 250mm, width c 750mm
Materials: Marble - White
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- Stanley and Stanley Common Parish War Memorial
- 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
- Stanley & Stanley Common
- WMO ID: 109594
- Condition: Good [last updated on 01-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2009: Concrete base (Lower) restored April by Stanley & Stanley Common Parish Council. Work to replace missing lettering still outstanding but understood to be in hand.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Stanley & Stanley Common Parish Council
- Reference
- Council or Committee Minutes 1951
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