Memorial details

Memorial type
Other structure
District
Amber Valley
Town
Belper
County
Derbyshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
MESSRS WILLIAM MORRIS & CO OF MERTON ABBEY (Artist)
Ceremony
  • Conveyance
    Date: December 1918
    Attended by: Alderman G H Strutt
  • Dedicated
    Date: 23 October 1920
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
  • Unveiled
    Date: 23 October 1920
    Attended by: Alderman G H Strutt
  • Presented
    Date: 7 January 1920
    Attended by: Alderman G H Strutt
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Lost
Not lost
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14435

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Current location

The building is on the northern side of the road.
Council Offices
39 King St
Belper
Amber Valley
Derbyshire
DE56 1PZ
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 348 474
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
An office building with a plaque on the street frontage. The three storey stone and slate building was originally intended for use by Belper Urban District Council and subsequently occupied by the successor Amber Valley Borough Council. It has a double frontage onto the northern side of King Street and has stone mullioned windows and a prominently gabled roof. The bronze plaque is located at the centre of the ground floor frontage. It has three horizontal panels, the central of which has a tall segmental pediment surmounted by a cast lion sejant guardant and containing a bound laurel wreath with crossed flags in high relief. The three panels are headed by a plain moulded cornice, surmounted at the sides by a pair of cast monstrous fish forming supporters to the central pediment. The central panel contains the main inscription in raised upright capital Roman lettering. The two side panels are separated from the central one by pilasters and each bears badges in relief depicting the RAF, a royal crown, a rose and a sword of peace. The foot of the plaque has a frieze bearing a further inscription in raised upright capital Roman lettering and the extreme lower right corner has the maker's name incised in sentence case lettering.
Inscription
Pediment: PRO/ PATRIA Central panel: THESE OFFICES WERE/ PRESENTED TO THE TOWN/ OF BELPER AND DEDICATED/ TO THE EVERLASTING/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ BELPER AND MILFORD WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN/ ARE RECORDED ON A/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ WITHIN THE BUILDING Lower frieze: "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE." Lower right margin of plaque: William Morris & Co. Westminster. S.W.
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
Components
  • Building
    Measurements: depth -, height -, width -
    Materials: Slate, Stone
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth c140mm, height 1680mm, width 1040mm
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
History
23 January 2013: The building and plaque were in good condition. December 2001: The building lies within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site inscribed on that date. 1975-1992: The building lies within the Belper and Milford Conservation area designated and extended during that period.
Costs

Comments: The building was donated by Alderman G H Strutt.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
Amber Valley Borough Council
Reference
  • Other website Belper page has photographs. warmemorials.myfastforum.org/Belper_and_Milford_about1246.html
  • Derby Daily Telegraph 2/ 25 October 1920 Report on unveiling.
  • Derby Daily Telegraph 3/ 8 January 1920 Account of a civic dinner in honour of Alderman Strutt in formal recognition of his gift to the town and describing the background to the memorial and its formal name,

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