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Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Amber Valley
Town
Heage
County
Derbyshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
66008

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Current location

Northeast of the church
near the main road.
St Lukes Churchyard
Church St (b6013)
Heage
Amber Valley
Derbyshire
DE56 2BG
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 36966 50631
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
An addition to a white marble footstone on a family grave. A black granite headstone has an urn finial above a decorative top, decorative sides and an incised inscription in different styles of capital lettering. The headstone surmounts an oblong base with bevelled top. The white marble footstone is in the style of a scroll unfurled over the battered face of a roughly hewn stone and surmounts a plain oblong base. The inscription is inlaid in mainly upright capital block lettering on the face of the scroll. The two stones are accompanied by plain oblong white marble kerbstones with the maker's name inlaid at the foot.
Inscription
Headstone:WRIGHT/ IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ JOSEPH,/ THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ MARY WRIGHT,/ WHO DIED DEC. 26TH. 1909/ AGED 74 YEARS./ HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP./ ALSO OF MARY,/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED MARCH 30TH. 1925,/ AGED 88 YEARS./ RE-UNITED. Footstone: Sacred/ TO THE MEMOR(Y OF)/ (GUNNER) TOM (WRIGHT),/ (SON) OF/ JOSEPH AND MARY (WRIGHT),/ KILLED (IN ACTION) JULY (3RD.) 1918/ AGED 39 YEARS/ (INTERRED AT WIMILLE)/ (BRITISH CEMETERY FRANCE)/ ("IT WAS MY) DUTY." Foot of kerbs: BAILEY/ ILKESTON (Some letters missing from footstone.)
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,rank,year died,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: depth 145mm, height 1700mm, width 760mm
    Materials: Marble - White, Granite - Black
  • Base
    Measurements: depth 285mm, height 300mm, width 905mm
    Materials: Marble - White, Granite - Black
  • Kerb stone
    Measurements: depth 2160mm, height 180mm, width 910mm
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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