| The Andrews Pages Picture Gallery : Derbyshire |
| A selection of photographs, prints and postcards.
Some have personal or family connections |
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| Darley Dale War Memorial |
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Darley Dale's War Memorial is in the Whitworth Institute Park.
Designed by W. F. Wills of Derby and made by Messrs. Robert Lehane and Company, it cost £500. The memorial
was unveiled on Sunday 21st November 1920 by Colonel H. Brooke-Taylor.
The Celtic stone coss, made from Stancliffe stone, is about 11
feet in height and has brass memorails plaques on its base.
Following World War II a special Remembrance Service was held
to dedicate a further plaque bearing the names of the casualties
of that war. It was held on Sunday 5th November 1949. Some of
Darley's young men were not originally commemorated on the memorial. |
 Plaque on the north
face, facing back to Matlock |
IN GRATEFUL
MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
DARLEY DALE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919
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| Plaque on Southern
side, facing Rowsley - WWI |
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
1914-1919 |
| John W. Allsop [ John William] |
| Arthur Attwood |
| Joseph Barber |
| William Barker [William Leopold] |
| Ernest Boden [Ernest Arthur] |
| John Boden [ John William] |
| Archibald Carnell |
| William Carter |
| Fred Charlesworth |
| Lindsey Clay [George Lindsey][1] |
| Clarence Coates [ Clarence Hugh] |
| Frank Colley[2] |
| Louis Crowder |
| George Derbyshire |
| Abraham Doxey [Abraham H] |
| Leslie Drury[1] |
| Charles Evans [Charles Henry] |
| John Evans [John Edward] |
| Fred Fentem [Frederick Samuel]{3] |
| Arthur Fielding |
| Harry Grey[1] |
| Fred Hanson [John Frederick] |
| Wileman Hart [William Wileman] |
| Ben Hewitson |
| William Holden [William John] |
| George Holland [ George Frederick] |
| Henry Holmes |
| Thomas Holmes |
| Walter Houghton |
| Leonard Houghton |
| Bertram Houghton |
| George Hulley |
| Horace Lowe [Horace Wimot][1] |
| William A. Owen |
| Fred Pearson |
| Clifford Pope [George Clifford] |
| George Pratley [George Raymond] |
| Gilbert Preece |
| Thomas Pugh |
| Frank Reed [Francis W] |
| George Skinner [George William] |
| William Slack |
| John Slaney |
| James Salsbury Smith |
| Joseph Smith |
| Harold Smith[4] |
| Sidney Smith[4] |
| Alfred S. Smith [ Sidney Alfred][1] |
| John W. Smith[4] |
| Herbert Stone [Herbert W] |
| Frank Taylor |
| Frederick Travis |
| George Thompson |
| Thomas Twyford |
| William P. Wagstaffe [William Perry] |
| Herbert Wain |
| George Wall, Northwood [George William] |
| George Wall, Riversdale |
| Benjamin Waterfall |
| John Waterfall |
| John W. Wilkinson [John William] |
| Ernest Williams [Ernest John] |
[1] Also commemorated on the Matlock War Memorial
 Names
on Matlock's War Memorial A - J
Names
on Matlock's War Memorial K - W
[2] In 1901 George Francis (Frank) Colley was
living on Matlock Bank
The transcript of
his census entry is in a different part of this web site
[3] Fred Fentem is mentioned on Matlock & Matlock
Bath Newspaper Cuttings, Jul 1914 - Nov 1918, 1916.
[4] The Smith brothers, Harold, Sydney and John Tom (who
was in the South Staffordshires) are all mentioned in Matlock's
WW1 Casualties Not Listed on the Memorial as their parents lived
on Underwood Terrace, Smedley Street West when they were Killed in
Action. Harold and Sydney have their own sections, but John is just
mentioned alongside Sydney.
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| Plaque on Western side,
facing the road - WWII |
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF DARLEY DALE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939-1945 |
| G Terance P. E. Allsop |
| Lawrence T. Bardill [Lawrence Troy] |
| T. Aubrey Bowler |
| John Briddon |
| Norman Clare |
| Bertram E. Conquest [ Bertram Edward] |
| Donald Derbyshire |
| Henry W. Derbyshire [Henry Wharton] |
| Peter J. H. Donelan [Peter John Henry] |
| Jack Fielding |
| T. Henry Harlow |
| Harry Harris |
| Victor Harris [Victor Randolph] |
| John W. Jackson |
| John W. Lomas [John William] |
| Henry R. Maddocks [Henry Riley] |
| Hubert R. MacLean [Hubert Reginald] |
| Frank Osborne |
| Ivan Plant |
| Herbert W. Ricketts [Herbert Wain] |
| Donald Soppitt [Donald Standish] |
| Harry Sheldon |
| Harry R. Taylor [Harry Raymond] |
| John Thompson[5] |
| Kenneth E. Toft [Kenneth Stanley] |
| J Alwyne Wain [ John Alwyne] |
| Arthur L. Wheatcroft [Arthur Leslie] |
| Percy Wilson [Francis Percy] |
| Harold Woosnam |
| WE WILL REMEMBER THEM |
[Below this is a separate plate, added in 2002]
Wilfred J. Bowler[6] |
[5] Flight Sergeant Thompson's family have recently
(2015) been given his wedding ring,
returned from Albania where it had been found in 1960 and kept
until it could be safely returned to them.
[6] See Names
Not on Matlock's Memorial
There's also a memorial at the Whitworth Institute
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A book, published privately, records the life of the Darley men who gave their lives for their country.
Taylor, Keith (2002), "Darley Dale Remembered Through 50
Years of War and Peace", ISBN 1 898941 79 3, Country Books,
Little Longstone, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1NN
Please
contact the webmistress if you want to more information
More on site information about Darley and the surrounding area
Magic
Lantern Slide of St. Helens
Kelly's
1891 Directory, Darley
Derbyshire's
Parishes, 1811
Pigot's
1828-9 Directory, with Matlock, Matlock Bath and Bonsall includes
Darley names
Wolley Manuscripts, Matlock
Also see
Wolley
Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire
deeds, pedigrees, documents and wills
Joseph
Whitworth - "Lives Which Hung by a Thread",
a magazine article about the Whitworth Sharpshooter which now
includes (Dec 2008) additional material about both Whitworth
and the development of the rifle.
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Magic
Lantern Slide of St. Helens
