Elton, Derbyshire

Elton Remembers Supplement

Elton Remembers

For a long time, ‘Elton Remembers’ was just a printed copy in All Saints’ Church. In 2018, on the Centenary of the Armistice in 1918, it was published on the village website for all to see.

In anticipation of the 75th Anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day on Friday 8 May, Gratton resident Jonathan Snodgrass has, under the auspices of Elton Local History Group, led a small team which has produced a ‘Supplement’ to the booklet ‘Elton Remembers’.

This new ‘Supplement’ states:  “…there is a wider picture, which this Supplement is intended to paint.”  Its chapters include:

• Call to Arms!
• The Home Front.
• In Memoriam

To view ‘Elton Remembers’, please click here.

To view the supplement to ‘Elton Remembers’, please click here.

We hope that you will find it an interesting read and that it may give pause for thought. We hope also that it will provide an opportunity for others to add to the story.

In contrast to our sombre remembrances each November, VE Day was a celebration (as well as being an exhausted relief). We hope, therefore, that people will read this account of our village wartime story, and it will enhance their VE Day.

Elton Parish Council is pleased to support Elton Local History Group and to circulate this addition to the history of our village. Both papers can be viewed on the village website, www.eltonderbyshire.com at all times.

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