Crich Regimental Memorial
Crich Regimental Memorial
The Sherwood Foresters and Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental War Memorial at Crich, Derbyshire, is in the care of the Mercian Regiment.
It is open every day from 10am until 5pm except Wednesdays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
It is a unique lanterne des mortes memorial in the form of a lighthouse. It stands on Crich Hill, close to the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire border.
The Crich Regimental Memorial has its own website which is linked from the right, along with further information which can be downloaded.
The Memorial is dedicated to the memory of:
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the 11,409 Sherwood Foresters who fell in the Great War
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the 1,520 who fell in World War 2
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those who gave their lives for their country between 1945 and 1970
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those of The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment who have fallen since 1970