Memorial Title

D Tyler

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a war memorial commemorating Douglas Tyler added to a gravestone in All Saints’ Churchyard, Mackworth, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
All Saints' Churchyard
Lower Rd
Mackworth
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE22 4NG

NGR:
SK 32016 37735 ±5m
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Location details:
The church is at the eastern end of Lower Rd, at the junction with Church La. The memorial is in the eastern half of the graveyard (the right when entering on the path) in the first row next to the path.

Type

Overall type: Addition to gravestone

Overall condition: Poor. The inscription is only partly legible.

Description:

An addition to the wording on a family gravestone. It is presumed that the white marble gravestone originally comprised a cross on a three-stepped base, but only the base now remains. The inscription is inlaid on the 6 o'clock face in mainly upright capital block lettering.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Presumed cross	White marble	-	-	70	Lost
Base	White marble	c450	490	405	Poor
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF
[MY GRANDSON,
DOUGLAS TYLER,
KILLED] IN [ACTION] DECEMBER [14TH 1915,]
AT YPRES, FRANCE,
AGED 20 YEARS.
HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
R.I.P.
THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED BY P. KELLY, MACKWORTH.

[Some lettering missing or damaged.]

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action	Not stated
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Kelly or Tyler families.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Mackworth Parish Council, Belper Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Mackworth Parish Council, Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History and Conservation

5th September, 1994: The Mackworth Conservation Area was designated: the memorial lies within it.

10th April, 2018: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson. It was in poor condition: the presumed cross was missing, much of the lettering was missing or damaged and the whole structure was heavily blackened, rendering the remaining text difficult to read. A chip on one corner revealed that the underlying stone is a brilliant white marble.

References

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Comments

CWGC records give the name as A D Tyler.

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