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Ilkeston
Town or City: Ilkeston
County: Derbyshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM6940
Value of grant: £8955.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants
Year: 2013
UKNIWM reference number: 14236
The Ilkeston war memorial is in the form of a sandstone cenotaph on a chamfered rectangular base. The memorial commemorates numerous conflicts including both World Wars. On the front and rear face of the base of the memorial are bronze plaques with the names of the fallen. On the remaining two sides are the raised words ‘To our glorious dead’.
On the main body of the cenotaph is a raised wreath on one face and a raised sword on the other. The cenotaph is raised on three steps and is located within a defined area in Market Place and is enclosed by stone pillars and metal railings.
In 2013 an application was received to the Grants for War Memorials Scheme for a project totalling £11,945. The project was to clean the memorial and bronze plaques and to undertake re-pointing in lime mortar. An offer of £8,955 was made towards the project which was successfully completed in 2014.
The memorial was designed by Henry Tatham Sudbury of Ilkeston and built by Pask and Thorpe of Nottingham. The bronze plaques are by Wing and Webb of Wolverhampton, with the later World War II plaques being cast by Lewis and Grundy of Nottingham and unveiled in 1950. The stone balustrade is also believed to be a later addition.
The memorial was unveiled 8 January 1922.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM6940
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 14263
War Memorials Online: 109593
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
