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WWI memorial appeal nears target

Computer image of the memorial
The memorial will be placed on the Western Front in Belgium

A permanent memorial to some of the East Midlands men who died in World War I has moved a step closer.

About 11,000 Sherwood Foresters died in fighting on the Western Front, but there is no marker on the battlefield to the regiment.

Across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire campaigners have contacted hundreds of councils - from parish level up - to raise £14,000 for the monument.

Now enough money has been donated to order the stone from a local quarry.

The memorial will be a triangular column about 5ft (1.52m) high, with the name of the regiment carved on one face.

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Campaigner Cliff Housley said he was delighted with the progress.

"We have actually got to the point where we can come and select the stone and say to the stonemason: 'That's the piece of stone that we want' and in effect order it.

"We are very confident that probably early next year we will be in a position to say: 'Get on with it, start cutting' and we are very confident we will get there."

He also thanked private donors who have contributed to the appeal.

Mr Housley confirmed that a site had been agreed at Zonnebeke in Belgium and it was hoped the memorial would be unveiled in October next year.

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The appeal was launched three months ago



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