Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Town
- Baslow
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 55513
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Current location
St Annes Church
Church St
Baslow
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire
DE45 1RY
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 25179 72330
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brown stone family gravestone with pointed arch top and mouldings at borders, with incised upright block capital lettering.
- Inscription
- In/ Loving Memory/ of/ BENJAMIN SHELDON,/ WHO DIED APRIL 16TH. 1914,/ AGED 24 YEARS./ "THY WILL BE DONE."/ ALSO OF SMUEL SHELDON,/ THE BELOVED BROTHER OF THE ABOVE,/ 12TH. YORK AND LANC REGT.,/ KILLED JULY 1ST. 1916,/ ON THE SOMME,/ AGED 23 YEARS./ ALSO OF THOMAS SHELDON,/ FATHER OF THE ABOVE/ BENJAMIN AND SAMUEL,/ DIED NOV. 3RD. 1930,/ AGED 67 YEARS./ ALSO MARY ELLEN,/ BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ DIED JANUARY 31ST. 1963, AGED 99 YEARS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Sheldon, Samuel
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,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- 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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