Memorial Title

H Chapman

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Harold Chapman 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 15295 75841 ±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 spray of foliage and a monogram JC in relief at the head. It has recessed decorative sides and a panel on the front bearing an incised inscription mainly in upright capital block lettering, some of which has been coloured black. The headstone surmounts an oblong sandstone base with bevelled top.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	Sandstone	1380	725	90	Fair
Base	Sandstone	c50	1000	300	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

In Loving Memory of
JAMES CHAPMAN,
BORN SEP. 3. 1853, DIED OCT. 29. 1907.
ALSO OF HORACE ESPLIN,
SON OF JAMES & SARAH CHAPMAN,
BORN SEP. 18. 1891, DIED FEB. 2. 1896.
ALSO OF SARAH, THEIR DAUGHTER,
BORN JAN. 30. 1893, DIED NOV. 11. 1893.
ALSO OF HAROLD THEIR SON,
KILLED IN ACTION AT ST. ELOI [FRANCE]
SEP. 30. 1915, AGED 21YEARS.
ALSO SARAH CHAPMAN,
DIED FEB. 15. 1917, AGED 59 YEARS
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTERS
MEGGIE,
DIED MAY 10. 1966, AGED 84 YEARS.
BEATRIX EILEEN,
DIED FEB. 14. 19991, AGED 92 YEARS.

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 Chapman 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

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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