Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Town
- Thorpe
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 55372
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Current location
On the west wall of the nave.
St Leonards Church
Digmire Lane
Thorpe
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire
DE6 2AW
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 15620 50166
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Glazed and framed roll of honour, handwritten on a Mowbrays 579 printed paper form with crown, latin cross and palm fronds at the head.
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ 1939 1945/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED ON ACTIVE / WHILST SERVING / WE RENDER THANKS TO ALMIGHTY GOD THAT NO PARISHIONERS/ OF OUR PARISH OF THORPE WERE CALLED TO LAY DON THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THIS WAR, DEO GRATIAS / THE FOLLOWING SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES :/ (Names)/ "GREATER LVOE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Acers, Kenneth
Banks, Jack
Chadwick, John
Deacon, Ronald
Goldstraw, John
Gration, George
Heald, Geoffrey
Heald, Peter
Hickcott, Walter
James, Norman
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 14
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename,additional
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: height 415mm, width 290mm
Materials: Paper - Frame
Measurements: height 525mm, width 300mm
Materials: Wood, Glass
- Roll of honour
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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