Memorial Title
A Jarvis
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Alfred Jarvis 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 39041 70743 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: About 25m west of the northwest corner of the old chapels at the centre of the cemetery. |
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 headstone on a family grave. The tall white marble headstone has a pointed arch top with a moulded border, recessed sides and a large spray of flowers in relief in a crescent-shaped panel at the head. The inlaid inscription is mainly in upright capital block lettering. The headstone originally surmounted an oblong base with bevelled top but it has been broken off and set into the ground adjacent to the grave. It is accompanied by oblong kerbs but these have been displaced and overturned. Glossary |
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Inscription
| In Loving Memory of HENRY. THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARY JARVIS, WHO DIED MAY 10. 1907. AGED 67 YEARS. "NOT LOST, BUT GONE BEFORE." ALSO SAMUEL JARVIS. SON OF THE [ABOVE] WHO DIED SEP. 10TH. 1917, AGED 29 YEARS. ALSO ALFRED JARVIS. KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE [NOV. 20TH.]1917 [Some lettering missing 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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