Those Remembered

There are inscriptions on four bronze plaques and in stone around the base of the plinth:

Front (west) bronze plaque

In grateful memory of
Tutbury men
 who gave their lives in their
country’s defence in the
Great War 1914-1919^[1]

^[1] In different places the end of WWI is variously given as 1918 and 1919.  1918 was the Armistice and to the fighting servicemen this was the end of the war.  1919 was the year that the peace settlement was signed and the official end to the war