Work to repair Nottingham's war memorial after it was attacked by vandals could hopefully be carried out in the coming weeks.
Vandals scratched away at at the Great War Memorial at the Victoria Embankment with what appears to have been a sharp stone. Damage was etched into parts of the monument.
The slate is badly scratched in places and will need repairing.
Following the discovery of the vandalism residents in the area gave up their time on Easter Friday to help clean the mess, washing off the scratches where they could.
Nottingham City Council has since confirmed from its initial assessments that it may be possible to fix the damage through specialist polishing techniques
A Nottingham City Council spokesperson added: "If that is confirmed, we hope this work could be carried out by a restoration firm in the coming weeks.”
A fee for any works has not yet been confirmed, the local authority added.
Superintendent Paul Winter, of Nottinghamshire Police, previously said: “Nottinghamshire Police has been made aware of a report of criminal damage at the World War I memorial in Victoria Embankment.
“It is totally unacceptable that some names have been scratched off the memorial in the incident. We are appalled and saddened that someone would think it is appropriate to do this and we will be thoroughly investigating the matter.
“I am now appealing to anyone who may have witnessed something suspicious to report it to Nottinghamshire Police as soon as possible on 101 quoting incident number 188 of 2 April 2021.”
The memorial features the names of all 13,501 from Nottinghamshire who lost their lives in the First World War, as well as civilian casualties, including nurses, two people killed in a Zeppelin air raid in September 1916 and the victims of the Chilwell shell filling factory explosion of July 1918.
HRH Duke of Kent officially unveiled the Great War Memorial to Nottinghamshire’s fallen in June 2019.
