Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Town
- Hartington
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 55350
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Current location
On the west wall of the south transept.
St Giles Church
Hyde La
Hartington
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire
SK17 0AW
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 12900 60500
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Two rectangular brass plaques with thin line borders; separate oak backboards with chamfered edges. Incised inscription in upright capitals coloured black, the name on the lower plaque in red, the upper plaque in roman lettering, the lower in block lettering. The lower plaque is for Colonel H G Sutton.
- Inscription
- Upper plaque: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HENRY SUTTON, ESQ./ OF THIS PARISH,/ SERVED IN THE BOMBAY ARTILLERY (H.E.I.C.S.)/ IN THE SIKH WAR AND INDIAN MUTINY./ BORN 1824 - DIED 1898/ ALSO OF HIS WIFE BESSIE/ BORN 1836 - DIED 1897./ THEIR CHILDREN ARISE UP AND CALL THEM BLESSED./ AFTER PROV. 31.28 Lower plaque: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THEIR ELDEST SON/ HENRY GEORGE SUTTON/ COLONEL IN THE INDIAN ARMY/ WHO SERVED THROUGH THE BURMESE WAR 1885 - 1889/ AND DIED 22ND JANUARY 1921/ OF ILLNESS CONTRACTED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ DURING THE GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1918/ "THE PEACE OF GOD"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Sutton, Henry George
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,forename,manner of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 350mm, width 530mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: depth 25mm, height 435mm, width 615mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST GILES
- Grade II*
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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