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Memorial Title Capt G H Borough
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Summary Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Capt George Borough on a gravestone in St Paul's Churchyard, Little Eaton, Derbyshire.
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Locations
Last known location: St Paul's Churchyard Vicarage La Little Eaton Derbyshire
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Nearest postcode: DE21 5EA
NGR: SK 36096 41561 ±5m
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Location details: Northwest of the church, north of the path.
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Type
Overall type: Addition to gravestone.
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Overall condition: Fair. Part of the inscription is illegible
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Description:
An addition to a sandstone memorial on a family grave comprising a wheel cross with roughly dressed shaft on a square battered roughly hewn pedestal accompanied by roughly hewn oblong kerbs. The pedestal has incised inscriptions in upright capital block lettering in recessed dressed panels on the 6 o'clock face and 9 o'clock faces but that on the 9 o'clock face is partly spalled and illegible.
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Components:
Component |
Material |
Height |
Width |
Depth |
Condition |
Cross |
Sandstone |
1060 |
520 |
170 |
Fair |
Pedestal |
Sandstone |
750 |
650 |
480 |
Poor |
Kerbs |
Sandstone |
200 |
1000 |
2300 |
Fair |
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.
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Inscription
6 o'clock face of pedestal:
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Conflicts and people named:
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Conflict |
First World War (1914-1918) |
Number died |
1 |
Number served and returned |
0 |
Total names |
1 |
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HERE RESTS THE BODY OF ELIZABETH FOSTER BOROUGH. WIFE OF JOHN BOROUGH. DIED AUGUST 20TH. 1910, AGED 71. "THEN ARE THEY GLAD BECAUSE THEY ARE AT REST, AND SO HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THE HAVEN WHERE THEY WOULD BE PSALM CVII-V.30.
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9 o'clock face of pedestal:
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THIS NAME IS ADDED IN REMEMBRANCE GEORGE HERBERT BOROUGH CAPTAIN A.S.C., SON OF JOHN
BOROUGH, DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE NOV. 7TH. 1916. AGED 44. BURIED IN THE [...] CEMETERY [...]
[Lower part of inscription spalled and illegible.]
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Administration Custodian: Presumed to be the Borough family.
Local authorities: From WW1: Little Eaton Parish Council; Shardlow Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council. From 1974: Little Eaton Parish Council; Erewash Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
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History Unknown date: The memorial lies within the Little Eaton Conservation Area.
5th December 2015: The memorial was surveyed by Anne and Roy Branson. It was in fair condition overall but the lower part of the inscription on the 9 o'clock face of the pedestal was seriously spalled and illegible. Also the whole of the 9 o'clock face and half of the 6 o'clock face were completely obscured by a holly bush growing on the adjacent grave.
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References —
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Comments —
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Page © Roy Branson
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