Memorial Title

B G Phillips

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Bert Phillips added to a family gravestone in Sandiacre Cemetery.

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Locations

Last known location:
Sandiacre Cemetery
Church Dr
Sandiacre
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
NG10 5EE

NGR:
SK 47997 37340 ±5m
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Location details:
Towards the southeast corner of the cemetery.

Type

Overall type: Addition to gravestone.

Overall condition: Poor. The inscription is only partly legible.

Description:

An addition to the lettering on a headstone on a family grave. The headstone is an oblong white marble tablet with a stepped top and decorative panels in the top left corner but it has been laid flat on the adjacent ground. It is accompanied by a plain rectangular white marble vase and kerbs. The inlaid inscription on the headstone and vase is in upright capital block lettering.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	White marble	685	890	75	Poor
Kerbs	White marble	210	890	2020	Poor
Vase	White marble	170	200	200	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Headstone:

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action	—
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

[TREASURED] MEMORIES.
OF
[MARGARET] BLANCHE JUDSON.
[... 1960.]
AGED 45 YEARS.
"WE CANNOT LORD THY PURPOSE SEE,
BUT ALL IS WELL THAT IS DONE BY THEE"
ALSO HER DEAR MOTHER
LILLIE JANE MELLELIEU,
DIED OCTR. 25TH. 1985, AGED 96 YEARS.
PEACE AT LAST.
AND HER DEAR FATHER
BERT. GWINNETT PHILLIPS,
KILLED IN ACTION 1918.

Vase:

MARGARET

[Some letters missing.]

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Phillips family.

Local authorities:
From WW2: Sandiacre Parish Council; Shardlow Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Sandiacre Parish Council; Erewash Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

March 1984: The cemetery lies within the Sandiacre Cloudside Conservation Area first designated on that date.

12th July, 2011: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. The grave was in poor condition. The headstone had been knocked or placed flat on the ground and some lettering was missing or obscured by lichen. The kerbs had been displaced and the grave surface was becoming invaded by vegetation.

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