Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Amber Valley
Town
Lea Bridge, Matlock
County
Derbyshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date:
    Attended by: Reverend Mark Crowther-Alwyn (Rector of the Parish) dedicated the memorial.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
96670

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Current location

In Reception
John Smedley Ltd
Lea Mills
Lea Road
Lea Bridge
Matlock
Amber Valley
Derbyshire
DE4 5AG
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 31865 56413
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Portrait-oriented wooden board, broadly rectangular but with angled lower edge. The inscription is in painted capital letters, with those of the enlistees who died being annotated with an asterisk. (10 of the 12 men annotated on this Roll of Honour board as having died were also commemorated on the Company's WW1 memorial plaque - see our record 14534; however, that plaque did not include Frederick Hawley and George Marsden-Smedley, who are annotated on this Roll of Honour as having died).
Inscription
JOHN SMEDLEY/ ROLL of HONOUR/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allwood, Albert
Allwood, Frederick
Allwood, George
Atkins, Samuel
Barber, Francis
Barker, Clifford
Bartlett, Stanley
Barton, George
Bennett, Harry
Beresford, John
See details for all 137 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 137
    Served and returned: 125
    Died: 12
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname, decorations, whether died
    Order of information: Alphabetical by surname in three columns
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
History
The John Smedley Archive Charitable Trust have kindly advised that the memorial was created during the WW1 Centenary. Mr Len Fisher (a Lea Mills carpenter) constructed the board from a carefully selected section of wood from an old mill table; it was then sign-written
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Corporate
Responsibility
John Smedley Ltd
Reference
  • A photograph of the memorial can be found at www.crichparish-ww1.co.uk/ww1webpages/smedleyroll.html
  • "Memorials to 2nd Lt. George Futvoye Marsden-Smedley", ©John Smedley Archive Charitable Trust 2021, written by Dennis Brook and edited by Jane Middleton-Smith; pages 20 and 21 record details of this memorial, including the fact that it was made during the WW1 Centenary, and was dedicated by Reverend Mark Crowther-Alwyn during a ceremony at which surviving relatives of those named upon it were presented with a copy of a Commemorative Book (compiled by the John Smedley Archive Charitable Trust's archivist and a team of volunteers) containing details of the military service of those connected with the Mill who enlisted in WW1.

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