Memorial Title

L Flint and F Flint

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Leslie Flint and Frederick Flint 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 15296 75813 ±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 rounded arch top and stepped shoulders with a moulded and chamferred border, recessed sides with attached colonettes, clasped hands in relief in a crescent-shaped panel at the head, and an inlaid inscription mainly in upright capital block lettering. The headstone surmounts an oblong sandstone base with bevelled top.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	Sandstone	1380	765	100	Fair
Base	Sandstone	-	915	240	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN FLINT,
WHO WAS KILLED ON THE RAILWAY
NEAR MILLERS DALE.
JANUARY 13. 1902,
AGED 37 YEARS.
"IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH."
ALSO [LESLIE, 2ND.] BATT NOTTS & DERBYS.
BELOVED SECOND SON OF THE ABOVE NAMED
[JOHN] & ADELINE ANN, KILLED IN ACTION
[OCT] 8. 1918, AT [BOHAIN,] FRANCE.
[AGED] 23 YEARS.
AFTER [... YEARS] SERVICE.
ALSO [FREDERICK, YOUNGEST] BELOVED [SON OF]
THE ABOVE, KILLED IN ACTION AUG 29. 1918,
AT BAPAUME, FRANCE. [AGED] 20 YEARS.
"UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE [SHADOWS] FLEE AWAY."

[Some letters missing or damaged.]

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action	Unspecified
Number died	2	2
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	2	2

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Flint 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, although the grave was covered by ivy which was starting to spread onto the headstone, and the memorial was difficult to access because of the foliage from the nearby bush.

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