
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Derbyshire
- Town
- Melbourne
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25th May 1920
Attended by: Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Walter Kerr, G.C.B. - Dedicated
Date: 25th May 1920
Attended by: The Rev. E. T. Harcombe - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14311
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Current location
Adjacent to the church
St Michaels Church
Pool Rd
Melbourne
South Derbyshire
Derbyshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 389 250
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- The memorial comprises three steps bearing a plinth and tapering pillar surmounted by a celtic cross. It is made of roughly chiselled Cornish granite.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1919./ (Names) 9 o'clock face: (Names) 12 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 TO 1945./ (Names) 3 o'clock face: (Names)/ N. IRELAND/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 85
Served and returned: 0
Died: 85
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,relationships
Order of information: surname - Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Steps
Measurements: depth 3180mm, height 785mm, width 3800mm
Materials: Granite - Cornish - Plinth
Measurements: depth 970mm, height 970mm, width 1350mm
Materials: Granite - Cornish - Base
Measurements: depth 570mm, height 155mm, width 790mm
Materials: Granite - Cornish - Pillar
Measurements: depth 570mm, height 1630mm, width 790mm
Materials: Granite - Cornish - Cross
Measurements: height 1250mm, width 940mm
Materials: Granite - Cornish
- Steps
- 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
- Melbourne War Memorial
- WMO ID: 161651
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- March 2008: Very clean and generally excellent condition, but a small number of the characters had become lost from the inscription and names.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Derby Daily Telegraph - Monday 05 May 1919 MELBOURNE WAR MEMORIAL DIVERGENT VIEWS AS TO SITE FOR MONUMENT
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Pictures of England www.picturesofengland.com/England/tour/Churches/pictures/1026462
- Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal - Friday 28 May 1920 MELBOURNE War Memorial Unveiled
- Derby Daily Telegraph 3 / 26 May 1920 Report of unveiling.
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