Blackwell

The memorial is located inside the church of St. Werburgh, Old Blackwell (researched and uploaded by Tony Mellors)

THIS TABLET AND THE EAST WINDOW WERE PROVIDED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AND DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Blackwell's Parish Church, St Werburgh's, has a bronze Memorial Plaque with the names of 61 men of the Parish who lost their lives in The Great War, 1914-1918. 30 of these names are also listed on the Newton War Memorial, Newton being one of the villages which make up Blackwell Parish. St Werburgh's is in the hamlet now known as Old Blackwell, the other villages being Blackwell, Hilcote and Westhouses.

The details of the 30 men from Newton are shown on the Derbyshire War Memorials site " **@Newton**", so are not duplicated here. The names of the other 31 are listed below with links to their details:


 * Alf || Bexon ||
 * Thos || Brown ||
 * W || Chadbourne ||
 * T Wm || Corby ||
 * Leonard || Cutts ||
 * Clement B || Furmston ||
 * Geo || Green ||
 * Jack || Harris ||
 * Fred || King ||
 * Geo || Lane ||
 * John || Lane ||
 * J || Loftus ||
 * Walt || Montague ||
 * Walt || Parker ||
 * Richd || Phelps ||
 * Geo || Polkey ||
 * Thos || Robinson ||
 * Wm || Rushton ||
 * Harry || Severn ||
 * Ern || Shardlow ||
 * Walt || Smith ||
 * Walt || Strickland ||
 * Alf || Swales ||
 * Jos || Tart ||
 * Geo || Till ||
 * Les || Tomblin ||
 * John || White ||
 * Percy || White ||
 * Thos || White ||
 * Jos || Wilson ||
 * Harry

Sources || Wright

Ancestry BCC Lest We Forget Derbyshire Times Alfreton Journal Notts Free Press ||