Duston War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details The memorial, in an open area off Main Road at the start of the drive down to the Grade-I listed Church of St Luke, comprises a three-stepped square base of Derbyshire stone surmounted by a tall, square-sectioned, Weldon stone pillar topped with a small plain Latin cross. Overall, the memorial is c3.5 m tall. There is moulded drapery around the top of pillar and a laurel wreath in relief at the pillar’s base. On the front face of the pillar is an incised stone tablet inscribed TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF DUSTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (30 NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. A side face carries a brass plaque carrying the words: THIS PLAQUE/ WAS ERECTED TO/ COMMEMORATE THOSE/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ AND ALSO/ THOSE WHO SERVED IN/ HM FORCES DURING THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ THESE ARE THEY WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ (13 NAMES). The memorial stands in a small, ironstone-walled, splayed enclosure with stone-flagged base. This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 January 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.