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Listed Building: WAR MEMORIAL (1391303)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Date assigned 30 March 2005
Date last amended

Description

'WOODVILLE 978/0/10006 HIGH STREET War Memorial II War Memorial. 1925-6. Cornish granite with bronze plaque. The memorial is in the form of a tall moulded cenotaph with a Maltese cross on top. The cenotaph stands on a stepped plinth and has a bronze inscription plaque on the front. The inscription reads:'Erected to the memory of the late Mr W. Cousens who for 30 years was the much esteemed head master of the Wesleyan School of the village, and his scholars who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. 1914-1918.' Below is the list of 130 men including 77 scholars, who fell in action. On the reverse are the names of those who fell in 1939-1945. A fine memorial, unusually commemorating the former head master of many of those killed as well as the scholars themselves and the other men of the parish. This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 25 January 2017. Selected Sources Websites War Memorials Online, accessed 25 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/113702 War Memorials Register, accessed 25 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9672 National Grid Reference: SK 31872 18798.'

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Sources (1)

  • Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1391303.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 31872 18798 (point)
Map sheet SK31NW
Civil Parish WOODVILLE, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Feb 2 2024 3:56PM

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