Listed Building record MDR22935 - War Memorial, off Duke Street, Chesterfield

From the National Heritage List for England: 'First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. MATERIALS: white marble sculpted figure and plinth on a concrete base. DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located within the Remembrance Gardens at the junction of Duke Street and Lowgates. It comprises a white marble sculpture of a uniformed soldier standing in front of a tree stump holding his rifle with the stock resting on the ground. The figure rises from a tall square white marble plinth with a moulded cap. The plinth is set upon a three-stepped concrete base. The First World War inscription reads: IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH,/ (STAVELEY,) WHO/ FELL IN THE WAR OF 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE (NAMES). The Second World War dedication is inscribed: IN HONOUR AND REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF STAVELEY URBAN DISTRICT/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES) / THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. . Selected Sources Websites Staveley Remembers, War Memorial, accessed 28 February 2017 from https://staveleyremembers.wordpress.com/war-memorial/history/ War Memorial Register, accessed 28 February 2017 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/654 War Memorials Online, accessed 28 February 2017 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/121822 Other ‘Honouring the Dead: War Memorial Unveiled at Staveley’, Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald, (4 December 1920), 1. National Grid Reference: SK4352074868.' (1)