Memorial Title
Sgt W E Furness
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Sgt William Furness 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 39047 70723 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: About 15m west of the old chapels at the centre of the cemetery, and north of the main path. |
Type
| Overall type: Addition to gravestone. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible. |
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| Description: An addition to the lettering on a stone on a family grave. The white marble memorial comprises a headstone on an oblong base with bevelled top and is accompanied by oblong kerbs. The headstone has a triangular arch top with stepped and rounded shoulders and a fleur de lys finial at the apex. There are sprays of foliage in relief in a roundel at the head and in two flanking triangular panels. The headstone has recessed sides and a recessed panel on the face bearing an inlaid inscription mainly in upright capital block lettering. Glossary |
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Inscription
| In Loving Memory of [JAMES] EDWARD FURNESS, WHO DIED AUGUST 31ST 1900 AGED 43 YEARS THY WILL BE DONE ALSO SON OF THE ABOVE AND [OF] M A [FURNESS,] SERGT [WILLIAM] E [FURNESS], [1ST6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS,] KILLED IN [ACTION AUG 15TH 1915], [AGED] 31 [YEARS.] AND MARY ANN FURNESS, WHO DIED JULY 5TH 1935, AGED 74 YEARS. ALSO EDITH MAUD MARSHALL THEIR DAUGHTER, DIED OCT. 21ST 1942, AGED 57 YEARS. [Some lettering lost or damaged.] |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Chesterfield Parish Council, Chesterfield Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Chesterfield Borough Council (unparished); Derbyshire County Council.
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