Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Bolsover
- Town
- Blackwell
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59474
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Current location
North of the church
near the road.
St Werburgh's Churchyard
Church Hill
Blackwell
Bolsover
Derbyshire
DE55 5HN
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 44425 58460
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A three-stepped calvary cross with a Christogram at the head and inscription inlaid in upright capital block lettering on three sides of the base. maker's mark on the associated kerbstones.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face of base: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HERBERT PEARCE, M.M./ L/CPL./ R.W.FUS./ BORN JUNE 25TH. 1891./ DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE APRIL 24TH. 1918./ FREDERIC STANLEY PEARCE,/ A.B./ R.N.V.R./ BORN JAN. 27TH. 1899, DIED AUG. 1ST. 1918./ ELSIE PEARCE,/ BORN DEC. 11TH. 1895, DIED APRIL 5TH. 1922./ UNTIL THE EASTER GLORY LIGHTS THE SKIES/ UNTIL THE DEAD IN JESUS SHALL ARISE./ FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, AND THE DEAD/ SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE. 9 o'clock face of base: BEATRICE,/ BORN MAY 19TH. 1883,/ DIED JAN. 10TH. 1897. 3 o'clock face of base: DORIS EVELYN,/ BORN NOV. 23RD. 1902,/ DIED OCT. 14TH. 1903.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Pearce, Frederick Stanley
Pearce, Herbert
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, year died, service ,forename, manner of death, decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth 115mm, height 1050mm, width 555mm
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: depth 600mm, height c 600mm, width 710mm
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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