Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Seat
- District
- Derby
- Town
- Spondon
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 1994
Attended by: Canon Frederick Ross
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 65176
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Current location
Private residence
Spondon
Derby
Derbyshire
DE21
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 402 361
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Melbourne Hall grounds
Church Square
Melbourne
South Derbyshire
Derbyshire
DE73 8EN
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 390 249
Denomination: Undefined
- Melbourne Hall grounds
- Description
- A wooden seat with a plaque.
- Inscription
- (Unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
- Components
- Seat
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Seat
- 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
- November 2013: Removed from Melbourne Hall to a private residence.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website Derby Telegraph website report on the replacement of the bench. www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Melbourne-tribute-guardsman-killed-sniper-20/story-20013874-detail/story.html
- Other website Armagh News website report on the replacement of the bench. armaghi.com/regiment-honours-soldier-killed-in-crossmaglen-sniper-attack/
- BBC News Online A report on the replacement of the bench. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-24881158
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