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== Memorial tower ==
[[File:Crich Stand2.jpg|thumb|right|The Crich Stand memorial tower]]
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The memorial tower ('Crich Stand') was completed in 1923 as a memorial to the 11,409 soldiers from the [[Sherwood Foresters Regiment]] who died in [[World War I]], a dedication that was later extended to include [[World War II]]. It was built on an limestone outcrop above the village, at an altitude of {{convert|1000|ft}} above sea level. The location is symbolic because it is widely visible across, and gives views of, both of the two counties from which the regiment was raised ([[Nottinghamshire]] and [[Derbyshire]]). It is the destination of an annual pilgrimage on the first Sunday in July.<ref name=ehl>{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1072594?section=official-list-entry| title=Crich Stand (Sherwood Foresters Regimental Memorial) |publisher=[[Historic England]] |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref><ref name=mrchom>{{cite web |url=https://mercianregiment.co.uk/the-crich-memorial |title=History of the Memorial |publisher=The Mercian Regimental Charity |access-date=6 March 2024 |archive-date=6 March 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306152747/https://mercianregiment.co.uk/the-crich-memorial}}</ref>

Besides the main dedication, two further plaques dedicate the memorial to those who died serving in the Sherwood Foresters regiment from 1945 to 1970, and to those who died serving the [[Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment]] from 1970 to 2007 and the [[Mercian Regiment]] since 2007. A nearby small plaque is dedicated to Brigadier J.H.M. Hackett, 'Last Colonel The Sherwood Foresters 1965 – 1970 and First Colonel The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment'.<ref name=ehl/><ref name=mrchom/>