Lt B L Nicholson and Men of Leek

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Reference WMO/110063

Address:

Ashbourne Road

Main Road Intersection

Leek

ST13 6JP

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Clock tower
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Leek war memorial is known as The Nicholson Memorial or The Monument. The clock tower stands on Derby Street. The 80ft monument is constructed of Portland stone on a red brick interior with its plaques made of bronze. The memorial is listed at Grade II. In 2005 the Small Grants Scheme provided £180 towards the cost of three additional bronze plaques listing the names of fourteen service personnel and one civilian whose names were previously omitted from the memorial. The new memorial plaques are each 12 inches wide by 16.5 high and were attached to the memorial alongside the Second World War plaques. The memorial was unveiled on 20th August 1925 by Lt Gen Sir Charles Harrington. It was paid for by Sir Arthur and Lady Nicolson in memory of their son Lt Basil Lee Nicolson and all the sons of Leek and the surounding areas. It cost £16,000 and on completion was handed over to the local authorities. 419 names of those who died in the Great War are recorded on bronze tablets on the east and west walls of the tower. Above the clock faces and beneath the cornice are carved areas or sectors of the Western Front where the Leek Battery fought. They included Hooge, Loos, Ypres, Somme, Bellenglise, Ramicourt, Bohain, Lens and Gommecourt. The original Second World War plaques are 16.5 inches high. These were dedicated on 6th November 1949 in memory of 100 who fell in that conflict by Air Marshall Sir John W Jones. A further name was added shortly after.
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Main Inscription Panel: ERECTED BY/SIR ARTHVR AND LADY NICHOLSON/TO THE PERPETUAL HONOVR/ AND CHERISHED MEMORY/ OF THEIR SON/ LIEVT BASIL LEE NICHOLSON/ ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY/ WHO FELL IN ACTION NEAR YPRES BELGIUM/ ON JULY24TH 1915/ AND TO/ ALL THE GALLANT SONS OF LEEK AND OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD/ WHOSE LIVES WERE SO BRAVELY SACRIFICED IN FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ ALL HONOVR GIVE/ TO THOSE NOBLY FIGHTING NOBLY FELL/ THAT WE MIGHT LIVE North Side Panel: Names South Side Panel: Names WW2 Panel 1: (Left Side:Names in two columns) (Centre) IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MEN/ OF LEEK WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 (Right Side: Names in two columns) WW2 Panel 2: (Left Side:Names in two columns) (Centre) IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MEN/ OF LEEK WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945/ (Added Names) (Right Side: Names in two columns) Additional Panel1: ALSO DIED IN/ SERVICE 1939-1945/ (Names)/ DEDICATED 2005 Additional Panel 2: ALSO FELL 1939-1945/ (Names) DEDICATED 2005 Additional Panel 3: ALSO/ IN MEMORY OF/ ALBERT CARDING/ DIED IN LEEK/ 11.3.1941/ AS A DIRECT RESULT/ OF ENEMY ACTION/ DEDICATED 2005 Additional Panel 4: ALSO FELL/ 1939-1945/ (Names) DEDICATED 2014

Grade II (England)

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