Memorial Title

Pte H Pursglove

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial commemorating Pte Harold Pursglove, comprising an addition to a gravestone in the churchyard at the Church of St Giles, Old Matlock, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
Churchyard
Church of St Giles
Church St
Matlock
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE4 3BZ

NGR:
SK 29955 59797 ±5m
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Location details:
Northwest of the church, on the right side of the central path when walking up the hill.

Type

Overall type: Addition to gravestone.

Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible.

Description:

Additional wording on a white marble headstone on a family grave. The headstone is in the style of a scroll unfurled over the face of a wall with a spray of foliage to each side. The scroll bears a ribbon in relief at the head with an inlaid inscription in sentence case gothic lettering, although most of the letters are missing, and the principal inscription on the face in various styles of inlaid capital lettering. The headstone surmounts a plain white marble base with bevelled top, and is accompanied by a recumbent granite tablet with a further incised inscription and by plain oblong limestone kerbs.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	White marble	890	690	125	Fair
Base	White marble	230	840	225	Fair
Tablet	Granite	395	475	50	Good
Kerbs	White marble	250	1670	2140	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Headstone:

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action:	Not stated.
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

[In Loving Memory of]
EDWIN [PURSGLOVE]
OF STARKHOLMES
WHO DIED MAY 3RD. 1924,
AGED 55 YEARS.
AND OF CAROLINE TOWNSEND
PURSGLOVE,
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JUNE 15TH. 1951.
AGED 87 YEARS
ALSO OF
PTE. HAROLD PURSGLOVE,
(SHERWOOD FORESTERS)
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE
APRIL 19TH. 1917
AGED 19 YEARS
UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY

[Some lettering missing or damaged.]

Tablet:

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
of
EDWIN PURSGLOVE
DIED 12TH SEPTEMBER 1988
AGED 85 YEARS
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Pursglove family.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Matlock Parish Council; Matlock Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Matlock Town Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History and Conservation

October 1980: The memorial lies within the Old Matlock Conservation Area first designated in that month.

22nd February, 2019: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.

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