War Memorial ~ Alfreton, Derbyshire

To the

Glory of God

and in Memory of

the Men of

Alfeton

who gave their lives

in the Great War

1914 ~ 1918

I thought that the depiction of a little girl standing with the Soldier was particularly poignant. 

The child may be a representation of the Innocent and the Future generations that these men fought and laid down their lives for and on a more personal level, for the Fathers, Uncles, Brothers and Sons who would never return to their families.

War Memorial ~ Matlock Bath, Derbyshire

Our Glorious Dead

In

Honoured Memory of

the Men of Matlock Bath

who gave their All

in the

Great War of Nations

1914 ~ 1919

What I liked most about this monument, was the fact that it depicted a Sailor in addition to the more commonly portrayed single Soldier, which reminds us that it was members from all of the various armed forces who gave their lives during the First World War .