Memorial Title
H W Anthony
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a war memorial to Harry Anthony comprising additional lettering on a family gravestone at Spital Cemetery, Chesterfield.
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Locations
| Last known location: Spital Cemetery Hady Hill (A632) Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: S41 0DZ NGR: SK 39023 70716 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: West of the centre of the cemetery, about 40m west of the old chapels and north of the main path. |
Type
| Overall type: Addition to gravestone. |
Overall condition: Poor. The inscription is barely legible. |
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| Description: An addition to the lettering on a stone on a family grave. The memorial comprises white marble oblong kerbs with an oblong tablet recessed into the head. The plain tablet has an inlaid inscription in mixed case upright decorative and block lettering, most of which is missing and illegible. The maker's name is inlaid at the foot of the kerbs but is also illegible. Glossary |
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Inscription
ARTHUR EDWARD ANTHONY.
DIED AUG. ... ... AGED 32 YEARS.
ALSO HARRY WILFRED ANTHONY,]
OF [THE 1ST. WEST YORKS REGT.
WHO DIED DEC. ... 1907. AT RAWAL PINDI, INDIA, AGED 25] YEARS
[Most of the lettering has been lost and the inscription has been
estimated from the pattern of the surviving peg holes.]
| Conflicts and people named: | ||
| Conflict | Unspecified | Totals |
| Action | Unspecified | |
| Number died | 1 | 1 |
| Number served and returned | 0 | 0 |
| Total names | 1 | 1 |
Administration
Local authorities:
From 19th century: Chesterfield Parish Council, Chesterfield Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Chesterfield Borough Council (unparished); Derbyshire County Council.
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