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Ilkeston - Cenotaph

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Current Location

At the Southern end of the paved area, outside the library., Market Place, Ilkeston, Erewash, Derbyshire, DE7 5RN, England

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SK 46503 41673

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 14236
Description: An ashlar cenotaph raised on a plinth, die and steps and surrounded by stone bollards with railings. The main pillar or pier is oblong in plan, has slightly battered faces, a stepped top, projecting panels on the two narrow faces, a laurel wreath in relief on the 6 o'clock face and a narrow chamfered cross on the 12 o'clock face. The pillar sits on a plain oblong plinth with chamfered top. The pillar and its plinth surmount an oblong die or pedestal with chamfered top and bearing inscriptions in relief on the 9 and 3 o'clock faces and with inset metal panels on the 6 and 12 o'clock faces inscribed with the names of the fallen of WW1. A further WW2 inscription is attached to the lower edge of the 6 o'clock face. The die sits on a further oblong plinth with broad chamfered top bearing metal plaques on the 6 and 12 o'clock faces with the names of the WW2 fallen and with further plaques to the fallen of subsequent conflicts on its 9 o'clock face. The whole surmounts a three-stepped base, oblong in plan, with squat square pillars or piers at the four corners. The memorial is surrounded by twelve tapering stone bollards with wrought iron railings and gate between and by flower beds contained by chamfered stone kerbs.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face, upper plaque, centre panel: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF ILKESTON WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 1918 6 o'clock face, upper plaque, left and right panels: (Names) 6 o'clock face, centre plaque: ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE ILKESTON MEN WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945 6 o'clock face, three lower plaques: (Names) 9 o'clock face of pedestal: OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD 9 o'clock face, upper plaque: ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN OTHER CONFLICTS 9 o'clock face, lower plaques: (Names) 12 o'clock face, upper plaque: (Names) 12 o'clock face, middle plaques: (Names) 12 o'clock face, lower plaque: (Names) 3 o'clock face of pedestal: OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 467
Died: 467
Information shown: surname,decorations
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 175
Died: 175

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Ilkeston - Cenotaph

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Ilkeston - Cenotaph

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