Snelston War Memorial

The memorial can be found at the junction of, Church Road, Cacklehill Lane and Littlefield Lane in the small village of Snelson. The cross commemorates seven men from the First World War and two from the Second.

The main inscription reads.

TO THE HONOURED MEMORY

OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH

WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

1914 – 1918

GRANT THEM OH LORD

ETERNAL REST

AND MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL

SHINE UPON THEM

The men remembered.

Private 55692 Robert BARKER.

South Staffordshire Regiment, 12th Bn. Attached to Labour Corps.

Died 27 Apr 1918 aged 43.

Buried White House Cemetery, St. Jean-les-Ypres, Belgium, Plot III. Row S. Grave 1.

Husband of Mrs. E. E. Harrison (formerly Barker), of Pearl Bank, Marston Montgomery, Derby.

Lieutenant Richard EVANS.

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), 1st/6th Bn.

Died 10 Aug 1917 aged 20.

Buried Bethune Town Cemetery, France, Plot III. Row J. Grave 12.

Son of the Rev. Arthur Evans and Margaret Emma Evans, of 11, Marlborough Lane, Bath.

Native of Snelston, Ashbourne.

Lance Corporal 12184 Edwin FORMAN.

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), 2nd Bn.

Died 16 Sep 1916 aged 24.

Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Son of Edwin and Amelia Forman, of Weston-on-Trent, Derby.

Private 27842 William Henry FORMAN.

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), 16th Bn.

Died 10 Oct 1916 aged 19.

Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Son of Edwin and Amelia Forman, of Weston-on-Trent, Derby.

Private 28939 Scott LEASON.

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), 10th Bn.

Died 25 Mar 1918 aged 23.

Commemorated Arras Memorial, France, Bay 7.

Son of Joseph Leason,

Husband of Alice Leason, of Deggs Place, Bromley Hurst, Abbots Bromley, Staffs.

Lance Corporal 21003 Richard Harvey PELL.

Grenadier Guards, 4th Bn.

Died 28 Sep 1916 aged 28.

Buried Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery Grave EB. 36.

Son of Richard and Annie Pell, of Ashley, Northants.

Private 40159 Frederick Stanley WOOD.

Royal Irish Fusiliers, 7th/8th Bn.

Died 20 Nov 1917 aged 36.

Commemorated Arras Memorial, France, Bay 9.

Son of William and Eleanor Wood, of Newton Regis, Tamworth, Staffs,

Husband of Rose Campion (formerly Wood), of Roston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

From World War Two.

Able Seaman D/SSX15096 John Rupert INGS.

Royal Navy, H.M.S. Exeter.

Died 20 Mar 1945 aged 29.

Buried Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia, Plot 29. Row D. Grave 4.

Son of Herbert William and Elsie May Ings,

Husband of Gwendoline Ings, of Doveridge, Derbyshire.

Private 14706556 Kenneth INGS.

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 1st Bn.

Died 30 Sep 1944 aged 19.

Buried Valkenswaard War Cemetery, Netherlands, Plot II. Row C. Grave 20.

Son of William Bertie and Elsie May Ings, of Snelston, Derbyshire.

All potographs by Chris Gleave