South Notts Echo, Saturday 4th September 1920 (page 6) reported: KIMBERLEY WAR MEMORIAL. The war memorial at Kimberley, now in coarse of erection, is a circular domed shrine. finished by a cupola over a clock with four dials. In the centre of the dome will be inscribed the names of the local men who lost their lives in the great struggle for freedom. Owing to the increased cost of labour and materials, the expenditure will be much greater than was originally anticipated. Already more than £800 have been subscribed locally, but an additional £400 are required to complete the work. This sum it is hoped to raise in the district within a limited period. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002884/19200904/124/0006

Nottingham Journal, Monday 12th September 1921 (page 8) reported: 'KIMBERLEY’S SHRINE. Sir Dennis Bayley Unveils War Memorial, Retford. Kimberley’s war memorial- a handsome domed shrine surmounted by a clock and containing on the central hexagonal pillar the names of the fifty-seven men from the township who made the supreme sacrifice - was unveiled on Saturday by Sir Dennis Readett-Bayley in the presence of a large gathering. The ceremony was preceded by a service in the United Methodist Chapel, conducted by the Rev. F Hunt (rector of Kimberley) and the Rev. W. Reed (of Ilkeston). The Nation’s Debt. At the shrine Mr. F. Hanson (chairman of the War Memorial Committee) spoke of the splendid work done during the war by Sir Dennis Bayley, than whom he said no-one could more fully appreciate what this country owed to those who fought for it in those four terrible years. They in Kimberley would look on this erection not only as a memorial to the glorious dead, but as a thankoffering for those who had been spared to return. Dedication prayers were then said by the rector of Kimberley, after which Sir Dennis detached the Union Jack with which the central pillar containing the roll of honour was draped, while buglers sounded the Last Post and the Reveille. How to Repay. In an address Sir Dennis said that England must not allow the splendid sacrifices of her soldiers to have been made in vain. By living in peace, love, and harmony one with another and in striving to realise that brighter and more glorious empire which all hoped to see, every man, woman, and child had it in his or her power to discharge fully the debt we owed to those who so cheerfully gave their all for Britain". "I understand,” added Sir Dennis, "that although this roll contains only fifty-seven names, not less than three hundred men from this township fell in the war.” A large number of relatives of the fallen laid wreaths at the base the shrine, the first such tribute being placed there by Sir Dennis Bayley. Yesterday morning ex-servicemen of Kimberley marched to the shrine to lay a wreath in memory of "absent comrades.” https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001897/1921091

Kimberley Town Council; history of the memorial, states that: 'Nottingham architects Brewill & Bailey came up with the unique domed memorial supported by 6 columns and surmounted by a 4-dial clock we see today. The builders were Pask & Thorpe (stonemasons, Nottingham), together with Rowland Bros., (builders, Kimberley.) G Cope & Sons, Nottingham, supplied the clock. (The mechanical clock was replaced by an electrically driven movement during the latter half of the 20th century). Building work commenced in September 1920. The total cost of the finished Memorial was £1,200-1921 (£60,251-2021) raised by public appeal. At a Kimberley Parish Council meeting, 20 July 1921, a letter was read from Mr. T. Lee, Secretary to the War Memorial Committee, asking the Council to accept the Memorial as a gift', and that 'Following World War 2 the inscribed names were replaced with 3 bronze Plaques giving the names of Kimberley men whose lives had been lost in both World Wars. The Memorial and Plaques were rededicated by the Archdeacon of Nottingham, John Henry Lawrence Philips, M.A., and Kimberley Parish Council Chairman, Cllr. Ernest James Flatt, at 3.0 pm. Sunday 22 July 1951'. https://kimberley-tc.gov.uk/war-memorial/

The Kings England Series by Mee, Arthur 141/ 1946 The Nottinghamshire volume.

Other website Broxtowe Borough Council http://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1021

Nottinghamshire County Council Roll of Honour website: details of the memorial's history, and biographical data on WW1 casualties. https://secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/RollOfHonour/WarMemorials/Details/221

Other website This is Nottingham http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Kimberley-Remembrance-procession/article-449823-detail/article.html

Historic England: Details of Grade II Listing of the Memorial on 9/9/1987 (List Entry Number 1278015). https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1278015?section=official-list-entry

War Memorials Trust (Grants ref WM69): 'Kimberley war memorial is located on Main Street/Greens Lane, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire. It is constructed of reconstituted stone in the form of a domed butter cross on a round plinth carrying six columns with an inscribed cornice band and dome, topped with a square lantern with four clock faces and a flame finial. A copper dome was added in 2008 altering the original design which can be seen in historic images on the Nottinghamshire County Council website. There are three inscribed bronze tablets to both World Wars. It is a grade II listed structure, located within the Kimberley Conservation Area. In 2015 a grant of £825 was awarded through War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme towards a structural report to assess the condition and make recommendations on the repair. With the detailed Specification of Works prepared through the above a further application was made for funding which led to a grant of £50,000 in 2017 awarded through War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme supported by the First World War Memorials Programme funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. This is one of the largest grants awarded during the centenary. It supported a comprehensive programme of repair and conservation works in-line with best conservation practice which is guided by publications such as Historic England's The Conservation, Repair and Management of War Memorials. As with all grant-aided projects undertaken which have a total cost greater than £10,000 a conservation-accredited professional advisor was involved with the works. And, as a listed structure, Listed Building Consent was obtained to allow the works to be undertaken. The project included cleaning of both stone and metalwork, replacement of fixings which had corroded, repairs to the dome and rainwater goods, structural works, re-painting of lettering and an application of SmartWater, as part of the In Memoriam 2014 initiative, to deter theft of the metal elements. Works to the dome returned the design to the original stone finish in keeping with what was chosen by those who erected the war memorial following the end of World War I. The project was completed in 2018 and a site visit by a War Memorials Trust Conservation Officer undertaken to discuss the project before the grant was paid'. https://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1231

War Memorials Trust Bulletin, February 2019, page 8

https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/131267/