Memorial Title

Pte G Bowes

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial tablet to Pte G Bowes in St John the Baptist's Churchyard at Tideswell, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
St John the Baptist's
Churchyard
Commercial Rd (B6049)
Tideswell
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
SK17 8NE

NGR:
SK 15219 75796 ±5m
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Location details:
Near the northwest corner of the churchyard, adjacent to the boundary with Church Ave.

Type

Overall type: Tablet.

Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible.

A freestanding sandstone tablet accompanying a further tablet, formerly a CWGC headstone. The tablet has a flat top, a battered face stepped at the foot and an incised inscription in upright capital roman lettering. The former CWGC headstone is one of a group relocated from their respective war graves elsewhere in the churchyard and is of upright form with a shallow arch top, the badge of the Notts and Derbys Regt in relief in a roundel at the head, an incised cross at the foot, and an incised inscription in upright capital roman lettering.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Tablet	Sandstone	500	700	190	Fair
Tablet (former headstone)	Limestone	835	380	75	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Tablet:

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

THESE MEMORIALS STAND
IN HONOUR OF
ONE SAILOR AND SIX SOLDIERS
WHO DIED SERVING THEIR COUNTRY
AND WERE BURIED
NEAR THIS CHURCH

Tablet (former headstone):

7766 PRIVATE
G. BOWES
NOTTS. & DERBY REGIMENT
31ST JANUARY 1919 AGE 40

Administration

Custodian: CWGC

Local authorities:
From WW1: Tideswell Parish Council; Bakewell Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Tideswell Parish Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

Unknown date: The headstone was removed from the grave and relocated to its present position.

17th April, 1951: The memorial lies within the Peak District National Park designated on that date.

2nd September, 1981: The memorial lies within the Tideswell Conservation Area first designated on that date.

27th April, 2017: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.

References

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Comments

The single sandstone tablet is common to all seven former headstones.

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