Memorial Title
E Farnsworth
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: A description of a WW2 war memorial to Enoch Farnsworth added to a gravestone in Shirebrook Cemetery, Derbyshire.
Images
|
|
|
Locations
| Last known location: Shirebrook Cemetery Common La (B6407) Shirebrook Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: NG20 8PA NGR: SK 51346 67083 ±5m |
Location details: Grave number 4189 near the northeast corner of the cemetery. |
Type
| Overall type: Addition to gravestone. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: An addition to a headstone on a family grave. The white marble headstone is in the style of a scroll unfurled over a wall with a pillar to the left bearing a palm leaf in relief. The inscription is inlaid on the face of the scroll in mixed styles of upright lettering. The headstone surmounts an oblong base and is accompanied by decorative oblong white marble kerbs incorporating a vase. The maker's name is inlaid on the foot of the kerbs and a metal number plate is on the grave surface. |
Components:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscription
| Headstone: |
|
||||||||||
| In Loving Memory of MARY ANN THE BELOVED WIFE OF ARTHUR FARNSWORTH, DIED MAY 24TH. 1934 Aged 53 Years. DAY BY DAY WE MISS YOU MORE. ALSO ARTHUR FARNSWORTH, DIED OCT. 27TH. 1942 AGED 61 YEARS. REUNITED. AND ENOCH FARNSWORTH, KILLED IN FRANCE MAY 23RD. 1940 AGED 22 YEARS. |
|||||||||||
| Foot of kerbs: | |||||||||||
| ALLSOP & SON CHESTERFIELD. |
|||||||||||
| Nunber plate: | |||||||||||
| 4189 | |||||||||||
Administration
Custodian: Presumed to be the Fretwell family.
Local authorities:
From WW2: Shirebrook Parish Council; Blackwell Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Shirebrook Town Council; Bolsover District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
27th January, 2016: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.
References
—
Comments
—