Memorial Title

Pte N Lomas and R Lomas

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Pte Norman Lomas and Reginald Lomas 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 15303 75821 ±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 shallow triangular arch top above a frieze of vines in relief and an incised inscription mainly in upright capital block lettering. The headstone surmounts an oblong sandstone base with bevelled top and the maker's name incised on one end and is accompanied by oblong sandstone kerbs.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	Sandstone	1525	770	105	Fair
Base	Sandstone	200	915	275	Fair
Kerbs	Sandstone	180	870	1600	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Headstone:

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action	a) Battle of Loos (25 Sep - 13 Oct 1915) b)Unspecified
Number died	2	2
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	2	2

In Loving Memory of
ROBERT LOMAS,
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 10TH. 1912,
AGED 58 YEARS.
ALSO 1818 PTE. NORMAN LOMAS,
1/6TH. NORTH STAFFS. KILLED IN ACTION
AT THE BATTLE OF LOOS, OCT 13TH. 1915.
(SON OF THE ABOVE) AGED 25 YEARS.
"OUT OF THE TOIL OF THE DOING
INTO THE PEACE OF THE DONE"
ALSO REGINALD LOMAS 16TH. K.R.R'S.
SIXTH SON OF ABOVE, WHO DIED IN FRANCE
OCT 26TH. 1918, AGED 26 YEARS.
"HE SLEEPS IN JESUS : HIS SHORT COURSE IS O'ER"
ALSO MARY LOMAS,
DIED OCT. 9TH. 1935, AGED 77 YEARS.
"AT REST."

End of base:

E. WALKER.

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Lomas family.

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 memorial was made by E. Walker.

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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