Memorial

Eastwood Ambulance Training Corps

ATC memorial taken from opposite side of Edward Road

Source: Copyright Les Smith

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Current Location

Memorial garden, Junction of Edward Road, 3 Tuns Road and Nottingham Road, Eastwood, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, NG16 3GJ, England

SK 47364 46693

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 38739
Description: The memorial comprises a tall Celtic wheel-cross on a raised trapezoidal pedestal and plinth (reached by a flight of 6 stone steps), and a gated memorial garden with a low boundary wall. The front face of the cross shaft has an inverted sword of sacrifice above the motto 'NON SIBI' (not for self). A large slate panel, inset into the pedestal, bears the WW1 inscription in incised gilt lettering; the plinth beneath has a smaller slate panel, bearing the WW2 inscription. The external south boundary wall has an incised inscription, which is bifurcated by the central iron gate . [This memorial cross/garden re the Ambulance Cadets was created in 1920. Details of the memorial re the Sherwood Foresters that was subsequently added to the south-west corner of the garden are in our record WMR 107012].
Inscription: (Cross shaft): NON SIBI (Cross, pedestal): TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE/ CADETS OF THE EASTWOOD AMBULANCE TRAINING CORPS/ WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE AND FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ AND MANY EX-MEMBERS OF THE CORPS. (Cross, plinth): THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (name) THE SEVEN SEAS 1915-1942/ ALSO MEMBERS OF THE CORPS. (External south-boundary wall): SO THEY PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS/ SOUNDED FOR THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE

Maintenance History: 17/7/2019: This memorial (and the Sherwood Foresters' memorial at the same location) were Grade II Listed by Historic England (List Number 1439456).// Post WW2: Inscription was added to the plinth of the Cadets' cross re John Llewellyn Brown, who had died serving in the Royal Navy in 1942.// 1927: The memorial cross/plaque re the Sherwood Foresters was added to the boundary wall.// 4/9/1920: The wheel-cross and garden commemorating the Eastwood Ambulance Cadets was unveiled in September 1920.