Memorial

Attenborough Railway Station Staff (lost)

Tablet

Source: Copyright Robin Philips

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 890
Description: Nowy headed tablet with wreath.
Inscription: THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION/ IN HONOUR OF AND TO PERPETUATE THE/ MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE/ ATTENBORO STATION STAFF WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918/ (Names)/ DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI

Sponsor Type: corporate
Maintenance History: 2011: The memorial, having been secured inadequately, fell down and broke into too many pieces to be repairable. 2009: Memorial permanently located to Attenborough Station by kind permission of East Midlands Trains. January 2006: restored memorial now in Attenborough Church, but yet to be given designated site. letter dated November 2000: confirms that memorial still in store in a railway workshop in Derby, but that a local church has agreed to find a place for it once restoration complete. letter dated January 1998: memorial has been lost track of. letter dated 30 May 1991: memorial has been removed pending conservation. 1990: Notts FHS Record Series Monumental Inscriptions v.78 states "This tablet has been broken by vandals and so taken down by British Rail and put in safe custody. Future uncertain."

Rededicated

8 November 2009

Local Clergy/Dignitaries