Memorial Title

E T Rigby

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Ernest Rigby 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 47946 37326 ±5m
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Location details:
Towards the southwest corner of the cemetery.

Type

Overall type: Addition to gravestone.

Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible.

Description:

An addition to the lettering on a headstone on a family grave. The headstone is an oblong black polished granite tablet with a flat moulded top and a projecting panel to the left bearing a design of a plant stand in relief with a hole above for plants. The headstone is accompanied by plain rectangular black granite kerbs and a black granite vase. The inscriptions on the headstone and vase are incised and gilded in upright capital roman lettering and the maker's name is incised on the foot of the kerbs.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	Black granite	670	910	125	Fair
Kerbs	Black granite	150	915	2000	Fair
Vase	Black granite	165	210	205	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

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LUCY,
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
JOHN RIGBY,
WHO DIED JULY 20TH. 1936, AGED 71 YEARS.
ALSO HER BELOVED HUSBAND
JOHN RIGBY,
WHO DIED JANUARY 7TH 1944, AGED 83 YEARS.
REUNITED.
ALSO ERNEST THOMAS,
BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE
KILLED IN ACTION MARCH 22ND. 1918,
AGED 19 YEARS.

Vase:

AT REST.

Foot of kerbs:

E. HAWLEY STAPLEFORD.

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Rigby 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

Unknown date: The memorial was made by E Hawley, monumental mason of Stapleford, Nottinghamshire.

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. It was in fair condition, the inscription was legible and the grave appeared to be tended.

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