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Memorial Title

Pte L Millward

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial tablet to Pte L Millward in St John the Baptist's Churchyard at Tideswell, Derbyshire.
Images

Setting Tablet Headstone Click on a thumbnail to see a larger image.
Further images may be available on request.
Locations

Last known location:
St John the Baptist's
 Churchyard
Commercial Rd (B6049)
Tideswell
Derbyshire
Nearest postcode:
SK17 8NE

NGR:
SK 15219 75796 ±5m
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Location details:
Near the northwest corner of the churchyard, adjacent to the boundary with Church Ave.
Type

Overall type: Tablet.


Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible.


A freestanding sandstone tablet accompanying a further tablet, formerly a CWGC headstone. The tablet has a flat top, a battered face stepped at the foot and an incised inscription in upright capital roman lettering. The former CWGC headstone is one of a group relocated from their respective war graves elsewhere in the churchyard and is of upright form with a shallow arch top, the badge of the Durham Light Infantry in relief in a roundel at the head, an incised cross at the foot, and an incised inscription in upright capital roman lettering.

Glossary
Components:

Component Material Height Width Depth Condition
Tablet Sandstone 500 700 190 Fair
Tablet (former headstone) Limestone 835 380 75 Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.
Inscription

Tablet:
Conflicts and people named:
Conflict First World War (1914-1919) Totals
Action Unspecified
Number died 1 1
Number served and returned 0 0
Total names 1 1
THESE MEMORIALS STAND
IN HONOUR OF
ONE SAILOR AND SIX SOLDIERS
WHO DIED SERVING THEIR COUNTRY
AND WERE BURIED
NEAR THIS CHURCH
Tablet (former headstone):
31923 PRIVATE
L. MILLWARD
DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY
3RD JUNE 1917 AGE 39
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

[Pte Millward's service number has been repaired or corrected.]
Administration

Custodian: CWGC

Local authorities:
From WW1: Tideswell Parish Council; Bakewell Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Tideswell Parish Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History

Unknown date: The headstone was removed from the grave and relocated to its present position.

17th April, 1951: The memorial lies within the Peak District National Park designated on that date.

2nd September, 1981: The memorial lies within the Tideswell Conservation Area first designated on that date.

Unknown date: The service number was repaired or corrected.

27th April, 2017: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.
References

Comments

The single sandstone tablet is common to all seven former headstones.

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