All Saints', Youlgreave, Derbyshire.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member greysman
N 53° 10.555 W 001° 41.047
30U E 587947 N 5892648
A marble memorial placed on the north wall of All Saints' Church, Youlgreave.
Waymark Code: WM98N6
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/14/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 3

This pink and white marble commemorative tablet is fixed to the north wall of the nave of the church. It consists of a white marble central plaque recording the names of twenty-four of the local men who fell in the Great War, and an inscription below on a pink marble plaque with the following:-

This Tablet was Erected and a Bed
was Endowed in the Derbyshire
Royal Infirmary in Memory of the
Men of Youlgrave, Middleton‚ Alport,
& Harthill who gave their lives for
King & Country in the Great War.

The names are:-

A.Bacon‚ T.H.Birds‚ H.Bonsall, C.Brassington, H.Brassington, H.Brassington, W.Cowie, F.Elliott, I.Evans, W.Evans, F.Gould, T.Gill, J.W.Holmes, W.Johnson, H.Jones, P.Salt, H.Slaney, G.Slater, J.Stevenson, M.Thompson, W.Thompson, G.Twyford‚ R.Waterhouse, W.Wragg.

Above the name plaque is a carved shield of St.George.
Private or Public Monument?: Other

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Paroquial Church Council.

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Physical Address of Monument:
All Saints' Church,
Mawstone Lane,
Youlgreave, Derbyshire, UK
DE45 1WL


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