Memorial Title
Pte A Millward and Pte R E Millward
Summary
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Locations
| Last known location: All Saints' churchyard Etwall Rd Mickleover Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE3 0DL NGR: SK 30501 34234 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: Northwest of the church, next to the path near the western boundary. |
Type
| Overall type: Addition to gravestone. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible. |
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| Description: Additional wording to the inscription on a family gravestone. The tall limestone headstone has a pointed arch top, a plain border and a latin cross incised at the head. The inscription is inlaid in mainly upright capital block lettering. The headstone surmounts an oblong base with bevelled top and is accompanied by two recumbent oblong stone tablets bearing further inscriptions. Glossary |
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Inscription
| Headstone: |
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| In Loving Memory of MY DEAR HUSBAND WILLIAM MILLWARD AT REST JUNE 17TH. 1909 AGED 34 YEARS "PEACE, PERFECT PEACE" ALSO OF MARTHA, WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED SEPT. 5TH 1917, AGED 65 YEARS. "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD" ALSO OF PTE. ARTHUR MILLWARD, WHO DIED IN FRANCE, MARCH 8TH. 1917, AGED 41 YEARS ALSO OF PTE. ROBERT ERNEST MILLWARD, WHO FELL IN FRANCE, JULY 1ST. 1917, AGED 29 YEARS SONS OF THE ABOVE AND BOTH OF THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS "NOBLY THEY LIVED, NOBLY THEY DIED" |
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| Limestone tablet: | |||||||||||||||||||
| IN LOVING MEMORY OF FRANK SYDNEY MILLWARD DIED 22ND JUNE 2001 AGED 88 YEARS AND HILDA MILLWARD DIED 21ST JANUARY 1992 AGED 83 YEARS |
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| ROGER ANTHONY LEIGHTON DIED 3RD JUNE 2007 AGED 59 YEARS |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Mickleover Parish Council; Repton Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1968: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation).
From 1974: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1997: Derby City Council (unitary authority).
History and Conservation
6th August, 2008: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson. It was in fair condition.
3rd January, 2018: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition. .
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