Memorial Title

A Gee

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Alfred Gee 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 39054 70744 ±5m
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Location details:
About 10m 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.

Description:

An addition to the lettering on a headstone on a family grave. The low black granite headstone has a polished face in the style of a scroll unfurled over a roughly-dressed wall. The headstone surmounts an oblong roughly-dressed black granite two-stepped base with bevelled top, also with a polished panel on the face of the upper step. It is accompanied by oblong roughly-dressed black granite kerbs. The 6 o'clock faces of the headstone and base bear incised inscriptions mainly in upright capital roman lettering.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	Black granite	930	700	190	Fair
Base	Black granite	470	935	1740	Fair
Kerbs	Black granite	170	855	1870	Poor
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Headstone:

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action	Unspecified
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

In
Loving Memory of
GEORGE,
THE BELOVED SON OF
JOHN HENRY & LOUISA GEE,
WHO PASSED AWAY FEB. 10. 1927,
AGED 33 YEARS.
ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED
JOHN HENRY GEE,
WHO DIED FEB. 15. 1931,
AGED 57 YEARS.
"NOT OUR WILL, BUT THINE O GOD."
ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED
LOUISA GEE,
WHO DIED FEB. 14. 1958,
AGED 83 YEARS.
REUNITED.

Base:

Also of
ALFRED THEIR SECOND SON
KILLED IN ACTION IN FLANDERS OCT. 18. 1915,
AGED 19 YEARS.

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Gee family.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Chesterfield Parish Council, Chesterfield Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Chesterfield Borough Council (unparished); Derbyshire County Council.

History

12th June, 2017: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.

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