Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Amber Valley
Town
Ripley
County
Derbyshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
66566

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Current location

In the entrance to the old Butterley Hall
Derbyshire Constabulary HQ
Coach Road
Ripley
Amber Valley
Derbyshire
DE5 3RS
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 40579 51270
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • In the Parade Room.
    Full Street Police Station
    Full Street
    Derby
    Derby
    Derbyshire
    DE1 3AF
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SK 353 364
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
A limestone tablet in an oak frame. The inscription on the landscape rectangular tablet is incised in upright capital roman black lettering.
Inscription
THIS INSCRIPTION COMMEMORATES/ ROBERT TOMLINSON,/ A MEMBER OF THIS FORCE,/ WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE/ SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-1945.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Tomlinson, Robert
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Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth -, height c270mm, width c460mm
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Frame
    Measurements: depth 85mm, height 350mm, width 540mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
History
25 May 1988: Butterley Hall was listed Grade II, Heritage List for England number 1109013.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Derbyshire Constabulary
Reference
  • Derby Daily Telegraph 7/6/1943 (pages 2 and 6) announced that Pilot Officer Robert "Tommy" Tomlinson had been killed serving in the RAF, aged 30, and that his funeral would take place on 9/6/1943 at Atlow parish church. His obituary on page 2 included his photograph.

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