Memorial Title

Pte W L Gratton

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Pte W L Gratton comprising an addition to a family gravestone 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 15286 75812 ±5m
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Location details:
Northeast of the church.

Type

Overall type: Addition to gravestone.

Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible.

Additional lettering to the inscription on a headstone on a family grave. The tall sandstone headstone has a triangular arch top, stepped feet and a thin incised border terminating with swirls at the foot and with a Christograph in a shield incised at the head. The incised inscription is mainly in upright capital block lettering. The headstone surmounts an oblong sandstone base with bevelled top and is accompanied by oblong sandstone kerbs.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	Sandstone	1565	820	100	Fair
Base	Sandstone	310	970	305	Fair
Kerbs	Sandstone	130	970	1770	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

In
Loving Memory of
MARTHA,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF ROWLAND HILL
WHO DIED OCT.29TH. 1910
AGED 79 YEARS.
ALSO MARIA THEIR DAUGHTER
BORN DEC. 25TH. 1856
DIED NOV. 16TH. 1859.
ROWLAND HILL,
DIED JAN. 16, 1914 AGED 80 YEARS.
"THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED"
ALSO PTE. W. L. GRATTON,
GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE, AND SON OF
GEORGE, & H. M. GRATTON, WHO DIED OF
WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION (FRANCE,)
JULY 23. 1916. AGED 32 YEARS.
"A WILLING SACRIFICE."

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

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Hill and Gratton families.

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

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.

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