Bemrose School WW2 and Falklands -Book of Remembrance


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Reference WMO/291453

Address:

Derbyshire Record Office

Ernest Bailey Building

New Street

Matlock

DE4 3AG

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Other Other
  • Paper Paper
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Falklands Conflict (1982)
  • Palestine (1900-1999)
About the memorial: A bound hardback book of remembrance. The cover is of maroon calfskin with an embossed and gilded school badge and title on the front. The pages are of stout paper and the opening ones contain inscriptions in black calligraphy decorated in purple. Subsequent pages each bear the name and details of one person, mostly with a photograph. The details are in black calligraphy with purple decoration and generally include the full name, rank, unit, date of birth, school attended with dates, and how, when and where died. Most pages refers to a WW2 casualty, but one relates to the Jewish Insurgency in Palestine and an additional page has been pasted into the front relating to a sailor lost in the Falklands Conflict. It was originally in the Library at Bemrose School, California, Derby- it complements their WW2 and Falklands Board- WMO/29145. That report also recites the history of the School. It was relocated in either 1990 or 1997 due to it's fragility, but a facsimile copy is retained in the School Library. (that should have a separate report, but it will only be removed if I make such a report). Similarly the Library itself was a war memorial according to the Press reports. The School has had much rebuilding since (most notably in 2015) and the original library no longer exists. That, too, should ideally be a separate report. The book was originally displayed in a glass-topped case made by boys of the school.
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