Kilburn

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Reference WMO/121838

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Church Street at the junction with Highfield Road and Bywell Lane

Kilburn

DE56 0LU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Granite
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
  • Falklands Conflict (1982)
  • Former Yugoslavia (1991-1999)
  • Gulf Conflict (1990-1991)
  • Korean War (1950-1953)
  • Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
  • Northern Ireland
  • Post-1945 War or Conflict
About the memorial: The granite obelisk and plinth stands on a sandstone base originally erected in memory of two men who lost their lives in the South African Campaign. Additional granite plaques have been added around the obelisk to commemorate subsequent conflicts. There is also a cast metal plaque on wooden backboard, with raised lettering, to commemorate the work of Mrs Winifred Wassell. The memorial is in a conservation area and was listed at Grade II in 2000 following an application by War Memorials Trust at the request of the Parish Council.
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OBELISK 6 o'clock face: ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ KILBURN/ IN MEMORY OF/ TWO MEN OF THIS VILLAGE,/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN/ 1899 - 1902. 9 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF/ LANCE-CORPORALWILLIAM ALLDRED,/ DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT,/ WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL AT/ JOHANNESBURG MAY 5, 1901./ ALSO/ PRIVATE HENRY BERESFORD,/ DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT,/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT/ VALFONTEIN MAY 29, 1902. 3 o'clock face: ALSO TO/ COMMEMORATE/ THE/ DECLARATION OF PEACE/ JUNE 1, 1902. 6 o'clock face of foot: 1914 - 1918 9 o'clock face of foot: (Names) 12 o'clock face of foot: (Names) 3 o'clock face of foot: (Names) Supplementary plaque: THE RESTORATION OF THIS WAR MEMORIAL IN THE YEAR 2000/ WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF/ KILBURN PARISH COUNCIL/ HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL/ DENBY PARISH COUNCIL/ AMBER VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL/ DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL/ FRIENDS OF WAR MEMORIALS (LONDON)/ HANSON BRICK/ 1ST HORSLEY AND KILBURN SCOUT AND GUIDE GROUP/ AND THE SKILLS OF/ JAMES BERESFORD & SONS (BELPER)/ KEVIN JAMES, BUILDER (STAPLEFORD)/ KILBURN SANDBLASTING/ PARK ENGINEERING (DERBY)/ HARLIGHT (HEANOR); WW2 Centre of 3 tablets- KEEP/ IN REMEMBRANCE/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ RECORDED HERE./ THEY GAVE/ THEIR LIVES THAT/ JUSTICE, FREEDOM, LOVE/ AND MERCY/ SHOULD SURVIVE./ 1939 - 1945/[names on flanking tablets to left and right]; Post 1945 Tablet- GRATEFUL THANKS ALSO TO/ THOSE FROM THIS AREA WHO SERVED/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE/ SINCE THE GREAT WARS./ KOREA, MALAYA, SOUTH ARABIA,/ BRUNEI, SARAWAK, SOUTH ATLANTIC,/ NORTHERN IRELAND, GULF, BALKANS,/ U.N. AND N.A.T.O. FORCES/ WORLDWIDE/ 1945 – 2000/ K.P.C.; The Wassell Plaque- IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ MRS WINIFRED WASSELL/ LATE OF/ KILBURN HALL/ AND HER DEVOTED WORK FOR ALL THOSE FROM/ THIS VILLAGE WHO SERVED IN H. M. FORCES/ 1939-45 Tablet: GRATEFUL THANKS ALSO TO/ THOSE FROM THIS AREA WHO SERVED/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE/ SINCE THE GREAT WARS./ KOREA, MALAYA, SOUTH ARABIA,/ BRUNEI, SARAWAK, SOUTH ATLANTIC,/ NORTHERN IRELAND, GULF, BALKANS,/ U.N. AND N.A.T.O. FORCES/ WORLDWIDE/ 1945 - 2000/ K.P.C. Supplementary plaque: THE RESTORATION OF THIS WAR MEMORIAL IN THE YEAR 2000/ WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF/ KILBURN PARISH COUNCIL/ HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL/ DENBY PARISH COUNCIL/ AMBER VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL/ DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL/ FRIENDS OF WAR MEMORIALS (LONDON)/ HANSON BRICK/ 1ST HORSLEY AND KILBURN SCOUT AND GUIDE GROUP/ AND THE SKILLS OF/ JAMES BERESFORD & SONS (BELPER)/ KEVIN JAMES, BUILDER (STAPLEFORD)/ KILBURN SANDBLASTING/ PARK ENGINEERING (DERBY)/ HARLIGHT (HEANOR)

2nd Boer War-LANCE-CORPORALWILLIAM ALLDRED,/ DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT,/ WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL AT/ JOHANNESBURG MAY 5, 1901./ ALSO/ PRIVATE HENRY BERESFORD,/ DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT,/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT/ VALFONTEIN MAY 29, 1902.; WW1- Plinth- 9 o'clock face- J. E. HARRISON/ P. HAWTHORN/ J. JACKSON/ H. GAUNT/ C. CROOKS/ A. HOPE; 12 o'clock face E. FAKE/ M. GREGORY/ R NASH; 3 o'clock face- A. MEACHAM/ V. PEACOCK/ G. H. RHODES/ A. V. TAYLOR/ G. E. TURNER; WW2- Left Hand Tablet- R. BELL./ G. C. BLACKHAM./ G. F. BRIERS./ C. CALVERT./ V. CRESWELL./ S. CURZON./ E. FORD./ J. R. HUGHES./ C. PARKIN./ T. SUTTON.; Right Hand Tablet- F. LUDLAM./ A. MALTBY/ S. J. PARKIN./ E. PEAT./ C. W. RHODES./ C. RILEY./ H. SHAW./ F. M. TARLTON./ J. DAWES./ V. P. THOMPSON/ G. W. OATES.

Grade II (England)

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