Derby Daily Telegraph Monday 9 October 1922 (page 2) reported the dedication of the Parish obelisk memorial and of this memorial within the Church: 'DERBYSHIRE WAR MEMORIAL DUKE AT DETHICK, LEA, & HOLLOWAY. One of the most impressive village memorials in the county was unveiled by the Duke Devonshire on Sunday to perpetuate the men of Dethick, Lea, and Holloway who fell in the war. A graceful obelisk standing high on the hillside, the memorial forms a landmark visible for miles The inscription reads- "Bear in mind the men from Dethick, Lea, and Holloway who fought and died in the great war, 1914-1918 -Pte. Arthur Brown (aged 19), Pte. Stanley Clarkstone (aged 19), Pte. Ernest Davis (aged 28), Pte. Frederick George (aged 34), Pte Thomas Hodgkin (aged 30), Corporal William Hodgkinson, M.M. (aged 22), Pte. Wm Andrew Hughes (aged 26), Lieut. George Futvoye Marsden-Smedley (aged 19), Pte. Harold Marsh (aged 20), Norman Bywater Miers (aged 44), Pte. Harold Oakley (aged 20), Pte. Jack Peach (aged 43), Pte. Harry Alfred Thorpe (aged 19), Gunner Arthur Walker (aged 29), and Second lieut. Geo. Francis Walker (aged 40). Prior to the unveiling there was an impressive dedication service in the parish church by the Bishop of Derby. The 15 names are inscribed in the church, and at the same time the Bishop dedicated the new east window erected in memory of Second Lieut. George Futvoye Marsden Smedley'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19221009/009/0002

Photos of the 17 individual tablets comprising the memorial can be found at https://www.crichparish-ww1.co.uk/ww1webpages/christchurchplaques.html

'Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Derbyshire, "For Your Tomorrows..."', 2nd Edition, edited by George Wigglesworth (Page 4) mentions this memorial. http://www.wigglesworth.me.uk/local_history/pdf/For your tomorrows.pdf

Details of the Grade II Listing of the Church can be found at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1335315

"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 8 and 9 relate to this memorial, including the names of the men who designed and executed it.