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Kilburn
Town or City: Kilburn
County: Derbyshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM53
Value of grant: £250.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Works to hard landscape
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2000
UKNIWM reference number: 636
Kilburn war memorial obelisk stands by the roadside on Church Street (A609) at the junction of Bywell Lane and Highfield Road. The granite obelisk and plinth stands on a sandstone base. Additional granite plaques have been added around the obelisk to commemorate subsequent conflicts. 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.
In 2000, a Small Grants Scheme award of £250 supported repairs and improvements to the hard landscaping.
The inscriptions on the obelisk read:
"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.
In memory of
Lance Corporal William 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.
Also to
commemorate
the
Declaration of Peace
June 1, 1902.
1914-1918
J. E. Harrison
P. Hawthorn
J. Jackson
H. Gaunt
C. Grooks
A. Hope
A. Meacham
V. Peacock
G. H Rhodes
A. V. Taylor
G. E. Turner"
The inscriptions on the additional plaques read:
"Keep
in remembrance
the men of this parish
recorded here.
They gave
their lives that
justice, freedom, love
and mercy
should survive.
1939-1945
R. Bell.
G. C. Blackham.
G. F. Briers.
C. Calvert.
V. Cresswell.
S. Curzon.
E. Ford.
J. R. Hughes.
C. Parkin.
T. Sutton.
F. Ludlam.
A. Maltby.
S. J. Parkin.
E. Peat.
C. W. Rhodes.
C. Riley.
H. Shaw.
F. M. Tarlton.
J. Dawes.
V. P. Thompson.
C. W. Oates."
"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,
Brunel, Sarawak, South Atlantic,
Northern Ireland, Gulf, Balkans,
U.N. and N.A.T.O. Forces
worldwide
1945-2000"
The memorial site has been subject to acts of vandalism in 1975 and 1993.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM53
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 636
Heritage Gateway listing information
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
