A new grants scheme is being launched today by Historic Scotland and War Memorials Trust. Funding will be available to ensure that freestanding memorials across Scotland are preserved in recognition of the contribution service men and women have made for their country. Historic Scotland will provide £30,000 annually to War Memorials Trust who will provide additional [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Damage’
Grants now available for repair of war memorials in Scotland
Posted in Damage and theft, New or restored, tagged Damage, Guidance for custodians, Lost, Restoration, Scotland, Theft on 14 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Derby war memorial in the news
Posted in In the news, tagged Damage on 30 July, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Roy Branson, one of our volunteer fieldworkers, sent us the following report about one of his local memorials ————————————————————- Local controversy continues over Derby City Council’s management of the war memorial in the Market Place despite proposals to afford it greater protection. In recent years the paved Market Place has become a venue for skateboarding activity [...]
Isle of Man memorial vandalised
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged Damage on 9 July, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A memorial to First and Second World War casualties from Churchtown on the Isle of Man has been vansalised. The tall cross features a marble figure of a First World War serviceman with his rifle reversed. The rifle was broken off and shattered. Police are appealing for any information. Read more from BBC NEWS
War memorial vandalised after attempted theft
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged Damage, Theft on 5 June, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Another attempted theft of bronze plaques took place around the same time I was reporting on a man charged with the theft of a memorial plaque from a church in Middlesbrough. In this new case, £6,000 worth of damage was caused as thieves removed two bronze plaques from the memorial in Carr Bank Park, Mansfield. They were disturbed and fled, leaving the plaques [...]
