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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Town
- Birchover
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 64758
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Current location
On the west wall.
The Reading Room
Main St
Birchover
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire
DE4 2BL
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 236 621
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Birchover Primitive Methodist Church
Upper Town Lane
Birchover
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire
DE4 2BJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 239 621
Denomination: Methodist
- Birchover Primitive Methodist Church
- Description
- A framed and glazed printed roll of honour. At the head is a broad yellow scroll with the heading in red gothic sentence case lettering above the flags of the nine allied nations. In the lower part is a panel containing the handwritten names and at the foot is a further yellow scroll with the quotation in red capital block lettering. The frame is of plain wood moulding.
- Inscription
- For/ King Country & Humanity/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ FOR THE BRAVE MEN WHO HAVE GONE FORTH AT THE CALL OF DUTY/ FROM Birchover P. M. Sunday School/ TO THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR OF 1914-1918/ (Names)/ NOT ONCE OR TWICE IN OUR ROUGH ISLAND-STORY,/ THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 12
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: depth -, height c560mm, width c450mm
Materials: Paper - Frame
Measurements: depth c20mm, height c650mm, width c500mm
Materials: Wood, Glass, Card
- 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
- History
- 16 June 2013: The printed colours were becoming a little faded. 17 April 1951: The building lies within the Peak District National Park designated on that date.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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