Description

PARISH OF ILKESTON MARKET PLACE
SK 4641 NW
7/47 War Memorial
GV II

War memorial. c1920. Ashlar. Cenotaph raised on three stone
steps, square in plan, with square piers at the angles.
Surrounded by twelve tapering stone piers with wrought iron
railings between. The cenotaph has a chamfered plinth,
rectangular base with chamfered top and a rectangular pier above
with nicked corners and a step at the top. Base inscribed in
relief on north and south faces OUR/GLORIOUS/DEAD and with inset
metal panels on the east and west sides inscribed with the names
of the men of Ilkeston killed in the two World Wars. The pier
has a wreath to the west and a chamfered cross to the east.

Listing NGR: SK4650441670

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 25 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433222

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