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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Town
- Old Matlock
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58207
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Current location
In the churchyard west of the church
St Giles Church
Church St
Old Matlock
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 300 597
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular grey limestone footstone on a family grave. Inscription inlaid in upright roman capital lettering.
- Inscription
- Headstone: In Loving Memory/ OF/ ELSIE EVELYN/ BELOVED WIFE OF DAVID WILLIAM JONES,/ OF MATLOCK GREEN./ DIED DECEMBER 16TH 1924./ AGED 26 YEARS./ Rest in (...) Footstone: IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ FRANK ARNOLD JONES D.S.M./ PETTY OFFICER R.N./ LOST AT SEA IN H.M.S. VETERAN/ SEPT. 20TH 1942 (Some lettering obscured by vegetation.)
- 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,rank,year died,forename,manner of death,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth c 80mm, height c 400mm, width c 600mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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