Memorial Title

Pte J Savage

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Pte John Savage added to a gravestone in the Churchyard of St Margaret of Antioch, Wormhill, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
Churchyard of St Margaret of
Antioch
Un-named road
Wormhill
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
SK17 8SL

NGR:
SK 12410 74204 ±5m
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Location details:
The church is accessed from a track running east from the un-named road running north-south through the village. The memorial is at the northern end of the churchyard, next to the path.

Type

Overall type: Addition to gravestone.

Overall condition: At Risk. The inscription is legible but the memorial is in a very poor state, much of it crumbling away.

Description:

An addition to the lettering on a white marble panel set into a concrete headstone on a family grave. The upright headstone is in the shape of a latin cross but with a very broad tapered shaft and it surmounts a three-stepped concrete base, the top two steps of which have further white marble panels set into the face and bearing the continuation of the inscription. The inscription is inlaid in mainly upright capital lettering and the headstone is accompanied by plain concrete kerbs.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	White Marble, concrete	720	460	65	At Risk
Base	White Marble, concrete	400	780	360	At Risk
Kerbs	Concrete	120	860	1470	At Risk
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

EVER

LOVING MEMORY

HUSBAND

PTE. JOHN SAVAGE,

(KING'S LIVERPOOL REGT.)

KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE

SEPT. 20TH. 1917,

AGED 31 YEARS.

ALSO OUR DEAR SON

KENNETH,

WHO DIED DEC. 3RD. 1921,

AGED 7 YEARS.

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

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Savage family.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Wormhill Parish Council, Chapel en le Frith Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Wormhill Parish Council; High Peak Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History and Conservation

Unknown date: The memorial lies within the Wormhill and Hargatewall Conservation Area.

29th August, 2018: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in very poor condition with the concrete seriously eroded and crumbled. Although the white marble panels and their inscriptions were in reasonable condition, the collapse of the concrete seems likely within the next few years, resulting in the memorial being considered At Risk overall.

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