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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Town
- Great Longstone
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57269
Current location
The new graveyard is on the east side of Church La
opposite the church. Grave number NEW389 is slightly north of the centre of the new graveyard.
St Giles New Graveyard
Church La
Great Longstone
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire
DE45 1TB
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 200 719
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- An addition to a grey granite headstone on a family grave. The heart-shaped headstone has an incised spray of poppies and foxgloves with a butterfly at right. The inscription is incised in mixed case upright roman lettering coloured white. The headstone surmounts an oblong grey granite base with rough-hewn sides.
- Inscription
- FORBES/ RONALD JAMES/ Died 23 October 1988/ Aged 64 Years./and/ RAF Pilot VICTOR/ LOMAX MALLEY/ Died in South Africa/ 10 September 1943/ Aged 21 Years./ PER ARDUA AD ASTRA./ ALWAYS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,place of death,forename,age of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth 75mm, height 700mm, width 560mm
Materials: Granite - Base
Measurements: depth 330mm, height 150mm, width 630mm
Materials: Granite
- 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
- History
- 17 April 1951: The memorial lies within the Peak District National Park designated on that date.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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