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West Hallam
Town or City: West Hallam
County: Derbyshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM2661
Value of grant: £1832.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2014
UKNIWM reference number: 14230
West Hallam war memorial stands outside St Winifred's Church on Beech Lane. A sculpture of two soldiers with a Vickers Machine Gun in Italian marble stands on a Derbyshire Gritstone plinth upon which are panels with names and inscriptions. The whole structure is on a three stepped base with a laurel wreath and two additional plaques placed upon the steps. The memorial is Grade II listed.
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ollowing an earlier grant in 2008, a grant of £1,832 was offered through the Small Grants Scheme in 2014 towards cleaning and repair works. Cleaning with brushes was undertaken to remove biological growth and various poultices were trialled to reduce staining on the inscription panels, although no suitable treatment was established and so the staini
ng remains. Areas of stone disintegration were consolidated and loose jointing was re-pointed.
The memorial was unveiled on 6th August 1921 by Captain Fitzherbert Wright and rededicated on 8th November 1998.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM2661
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 14230
Heritage Gateway Listing information
War Memorials Online www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/109599
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
