Memorial
Derby - Composite
Current Location
On the south side of the Market Place, near the entrance to the Guildhall., Paved pedestrian area, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 3AE, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 352 363
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- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 2226
- Description
- A sandstone ashlar monument comprising a cross on a pedestal and three-stepped base and featuring a cast bronze figure and other features. The cast bronze figure is of a mother and child and has the sculptor's and founder's names on the base. The plain wheel cross projects from both faces of a wall which has battered faces and a round arch head and forms a background for the figure on the 6 o'clock face. A bronze sword is mounted on the 12 o'clock face. The pedestal is T-shaped in plan and on the 6 o'clock face has an oblong tablet bearing the WW1 inscription and the WW2 inscription directly on the face. Both inscriptions are incised in upright capital Roman lettering. The 12 o'clock face bears two bronze plaques bearing the post 1945 and civilian inscriptions in raised upright capital Roman lettering. The three stepped base has rows of bronze studs on the upper face of each step and the upper surface of the top step has recesses normally containing flower beds but in November the flowers are replaced by turf to form plots for the placement of remembrance cross and other tributes.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face, upper tablet: THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 6 o'clock face of pedestal: FOR FAITH/ AND HOME/ AND RIGHTEOUSNESS/ WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945 12 o'clock face, upper plaque: IN HONOUR OF/ THOSE WHO HAVE/ FALLEN IN CONFLICT/ SINCE 1945 12 o'clock face, lower plaque: IN HONOUR OF/ THOSE CIVILIANS WHO/ LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN WAR 9 o'clock face of base of figure: A. B. BURTON./ FOUNDER. 3 o'clock face of base of figure: G A WALKER. Sc./ 1924
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- War
- Second World War - civilians
- Maker(s)
CHARLES CLAYTON THOMPSON, Architect
Mr Arthur G Walker RA, Sculptor
A B Burton, Founder / Foundry
- Sponsor Type
- public
- Maintenance History
- 2008: Memorial has suffered graffiti damage. Bronze studs added to the steps in August to deter misuse. 31 August 2007: Listed Grade II, Heritage List for England reference 1392237. 2007: Campaign launched in June to get protective studs placed around the memorial to prevent people sitting and skaetboarding on it. Work to be completed by Remembrance Sunday 2007. Unknown date: Memorial included on Derby City Council's Local List of features of conservation merit. The listing was subsequently superseded by Statutory Listing. 1993: Memorial dismantled, cleaned and re-erected 10m northeast of its original position as part of the Market Place townscape scheme. October 1987: The memorial lies within the City Centre Conservation Area first designated on this date. 28 October 1947: Inscription defaced by chalk marks. 1923: Originally located opposite the arched entrance to the Guildhall.
Ceremonies
Unveiled
11 November 1924
Alderman Oswald Ling
Dedicated
11 November 1924
Bishop of Derby
Rededicated
28 October 1994
Bishop of Derby
- Custodian
- Derby City Council
Components
- Figure
Height: c2400mm
Width: 530mm
Depth: 1000mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- Cross
Height: c3400mm
Width: c1800mm
Depth: c700mm
Made from: Stone - Sandstone
Condition: Good
- Pedestal
Height: c1500mm
Width: 2000mm
Depth: 2080mm
Made from: Stone - Sandstone
Condition: Good
- Base
Height: 540mm
Width: 5000mm
Depth: 5100mm
Made from: Stone - Sandstone
Condition: Good
- Tablet
Height: 295mm
Width: 825mm
Depth: 30mm
Made from: Stone - Sandstone
Condition: Good
- Plaque
Height: 330mm
Width: 540mm
Depth: 10mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- Detail
Height: c3000mm
Width: c1500mm
Depth: c100mm
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- Winter's Collection of Derby, The Volume Two by Unknown 70 Published:The Breedon Books Publishing Company 1995 Derby Reproduction of photograph taken in 1924.
- Derby Local Studies Library BA718(18181) Souvenir of ... Unveiling and Dedication ...
- An Illustrated History of Derby by Craven, Maxwell 245-6 & 265 Published:Breedon Books Publishing Unknown Derby Description and photographs.
- Council or Committee Minutes 31 July 2007 Council Cabinet Public Realm programme 2007/08 minutes
- Geograph Photograph http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/601269
- Nottingham Evening Post 5/ 11 November 1924 Account of unveiling.
- Wikipedia Collage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Derby_War_Memorial_Collage.jpg
- Derby Daily Telegraph 1/ 29 October 1947 Report on defacing.
- British Resistance Organisation
- Derby Evening Telegraph 11 / 30 January 2008; 11/ 26 April 2008; 4/ 8 May 2008; 3/ 9 May 2008; 6/ 10 May 2008; 5/ 14 May 2008; 8/ 15 May 2008; 8/ 16 May 2008; 9/ 24 May 2008; 13/ 26 May 2008; 5/ 9 June 2008; 10/ 16 August 2008; 9/ 18 August 2008; 6/ 19 August 2008; 1-3/ 2 September 2008; 10/ 8 September 2008; 6/ 12 September 2008; 8/ 13 September 2008; 21/31 October 2007 Long-running debate on respect for memorial and its protection.
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Derby Daily Telegraph 10/11 November 2009
