Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Broxtowe
- Town
- Kimberley
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59093
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Current location
Fixed to the external wall
on the north side of road. (The former site of Hucknall Torkard Co-operative Society's Kimberley Branch (Haberdashery Department)
6
James Street
Kimberley
Broxtowe
Nottinghamshire
NG16 2LR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 49930 44693
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Outside the front door of the church
St Mary Magdalene
Market Place
Hucknall
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG15 7AZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 53347 49381
Denomination: Undefined - On south side of road.
Hucknall Co-operative Society Haberdashery Department
James St
Kimberley
NG16 2LP
OS Grid Ref: SK 499 446
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Outside the front door of the church
- Description
- A rectangular metal plaque; plain narrow border; three prominent studs at the head and three at the foot; raised inscription in upright capital Roman lettering. [A plaque re the Society's Hucknall Branch, which bears the same inscription/names but is of a different design, is now in St Mary Magdalene Churchyard; our record WMR 70204 relates].
- Inscription
- IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF EMPLOYEES/ OF THE SOCIETY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ "THEY DIED THAT WE/ MIGHT LIVE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beecroft, Thomas
Clarke, Arthur
Clarke, Stephen
Clay, Frederick S
Dawkins, Robert H
Fairfield, Joseph
Harvey, Arthur
Whyatt, Samuel
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height c 750mm, width c 400mm
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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
- Hucknall Cooperative Society Workers
- WMO ID: 249500
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 29-11-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- The plaque is on external wall of Hucknall Co-operative Society's former Kimberley Branch in James Street, which closed in the 1970s. (We are uncertain if this plaque was temporarily placed in storage at that time, or has instead remained in situ throughout).
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Nottingham Journal, Monday 20th July 1914 (page 2): reported on a recent event: 'CO-OPERATIVE JUBILEE AT KIMBERLEY. A gala was held at Kimberley on Saturday in commemoration of the jubilee of the Co-operative Society. The Kimberley Branch is an auxiliary of the Hucknall Torkard Co-operative Society...' www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001896/19140720/048/0002
- Nottinghamshire County Council Roll of Honour website: has biographical details of the casualties on this Co-op Kimberley Branch memorial, of which it states: 'This memorial which bears the same names as the Hucknall Co-operative Society (Hucknall Branch) memorial in St Mary Magdalene churchyard, Hucknall, is on the wall of the former store, James Street, Kimberley, NG16'. secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/RollOfHonour/WarMemorials/Details/474
- Nottinghamshire Archives, reference GB0157: (MP/XBM/75/L), Hucknall Co-operative Society Ltd (Premises James Street, Kimberley), 'Survey of premises including floor plan and sections, James Street, Kimberley', May 1941; DD/GN/8/7/22 (Plans) 'Premises, James Street, Kimberley', 1940. nawcat.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DD+GN%2f8%2f7%2f22%2f1&pos=6
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