Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Amber Valley
- Town
- Marlpool, Heanor
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 65259
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Current location
Just south of the Garden of Remembrance.
Heanor Cemetery
Ilkeston Rd (a6007)
Marlpool
Heanor
Amber Valley
Derbyshire
DE75 7DT
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 436 457
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- An addition to a white marble headstone on a family grave. The headstone has a shallow triangular arch top with a cross in relief in a roundel at the head, a sinuous design in relief in narrow panels at the sides and an inlaid inscription in upright capital lettering. The headstone surmounts an oblong white marble base with bevelled top and is accompanied by plain oblong white marble kerbs.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ EDITH LEIVERS,/ WHO DIED FEB. 24TH. 1902,/ AGED 19 YEARS./ ALSO OF/ GEORGE LEIVERS,/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION/ IN FRANCE JULY 29TH. 1915,/ AGED 21 YEARS./ ALSO OF/ ELIZA LEIVERS,/ MOTHER OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED NOV. 12TH. 1932,/ AGED 80 YEARS./ AND OF HER HUSBAND/ LOHN LEIVERS,/ WHO DIED JULY 31ST. 1936,/ AGED 82 YEARS./ "ABIDE WITH ME."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- 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,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth 75mm, height 1320mm, width 740mm
Materials: Marble - White - Base
Measurements: depth 225mm, height 235mm, width 905mm
Materials: Marble - White - Kerb stone
Measurements: depth 1875mm, height c50mm, width 910mm
Materials: Marble - White
- 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
- 13 November 2013: Although in good condition and legible, the conjoined headstone and base had been laid flat on the surface of the grave, presumably because they had become unsafe.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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