Memorial Title
W Elliott
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Walter Elliott 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 39040 70755 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: About 30m from the northwest corner of the old chapels at the centre of the cemetery, in a roughly northwesterly direction. |
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 low, oblong, white marble headstone has rounded top corners and a battered face bearing an inlaid inscription in upright capital, mainly block lettering. It is accompanied by oblong kerbs, one of which bears a further inscription in similar style. Half of one kerb is missing. Glossary |
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Inscription
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| IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLOTTE J. ELLIOTT, DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF HENRY ELLIOTT, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTR. 9TH. 1919, AGED 60 [YEARS]. ALSO WALTER ELLIOTT, SON OF THE ABOVE, WHO LOST HIS LIFE AT SEA WHILST ON ACTIVE SERVICE. JULY 16TH. 1918, AGED 26 YEARS. AT REST. |
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| East kerb: | ||||||||||||||||||
| ALSO HENRY ELLIOTT, DIED JULY 25TH 1944. AGED 82 YEARS. [Some lettering missing.] |
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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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