Memorial Title

Thomas Webster and Norman Webster

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: A description of a WW1 war memorial to Thomas Webster and Norman Webster added to a gravestone in Ripley Cemetery, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
Ripley Cemetery
Cemetery La
Ripley
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE5 3JG

NGR:
SK 40098 50119 ±5m

Location details:
Near the northwest corner of the cemetery.

Type

Overall type: Addition to gravestone.

Overall condition: Poor. The inscription is legible but the components have been disturbed, in disarray and partly buried.

Description:

Additions to white marble memorial stones on a family grave. The headstone has a pointed arch top, recessed sides, a spray of foliage in relief in a crescent-shaped panel at the head and an inlaid inscription in upright capital lettering. It surmounts an oblong base with bevelled top bearing a further inscription, but the conjoined headstone and base have been laid flat on the surface of the grave. The headstone is accompanied by oblong white marble kerbs with further inlaid inscriptions on the inner chamfers, but these are largely obstructed by the base and are becoming buried.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	White marble	1280	635	100	Poor
Base	White marble	250	760	200	Poor
Kerbs	White marble	150	915	1950	Poor
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Headstone:

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)
Number died	2
Number served and returned	0
Total names	2

In Loving Memory of
THOMAS WEBSTER
WHO [ENTERED INTO REST
AUGUST 23RD. 191...]
AGED [...] YEARS.
GONE [...]
ALSO
[HAROLD WHITE WEBSTER]
[... ...]
[DIED AUGUST 20TH.19...]
AGED [2...] YEARS
[... ...]
ALSO
THOMAS WESLEY WEBSTER
1ST CANADIAN CONTINGENT,
BORN OCTOBER 22ND 1881,
KILLED IN ACTION AT FESTUBERT, FRANCE,
MAY 22ND 1915.
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS."

W G BURGIN.

Base:

ANN WEBSTER
DIED APRIL 9TH 1919, AGED 68 YEARS.

South kerb:

ALSO NORMAN WEBSTER, 17TH BATTN M.G[...]

North kerb:

KILLED IN ACTION AT NEUVILIY, [FRANCE ...] AGED [... YEARS.]

[Lettering obscured, missing or damaged.]

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Webster family.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Ripley Parish Council; Ripley Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Ripley Town Council; Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

Unknown date: The memorial was made by W G Burgin, monumental mason.

Unknown date: The memorial was laid back on the ground, presumably because it was unsafe.

4th February 2016: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in poor condition, the components being in disarray.

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