Memorial Title

2Lt A F Bentley

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial comprising an addition to a gravestone in Duffield Cemetery, Derbyshire and commemorating 2Lt Arthur Bentley.

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Locations

Last known location:
Duffield Cemetery
43 Hazelwood Rd
Duffield
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE4 4DE

NGR:
SK 34011 44063 ±5m

Location details:
About 15m south of the lodge.

Type

Overall type: Addition to gravestone.

Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible.

Description:

An addition to the inscription on a memorial on a family grave. The memorial comprises a roughly dressed grey granite latin cross on a battered pedestal and plinth accompanied by oblong kerbs. The cross has a Christograph at the centre and the inscription is inlaid in upright capital block lettering in recessed dressed panels on the faces of the pedestal.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Cross	Grey granite	1005	515	135	Fair
Pedestal	Grey granite	600	650	530	Fair
Kerbs	Grey granite	50	920	2200	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

6 o'clock face of pedestal:

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action	—
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
SAMUEL BENTLEY,
AT REST OCT. 14, 1929,
AGED 79 YEARS.
ALSO OF
AMELIA,
DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
AT REST MARCH 19. 1943,
AGED 93 YEARS.

9 o'clock face of pedestal:

ALSO
BELOVED SON
ARTHUR
FLETCHER BENTLEY,
2ND. LT. SHERWOOD FORESTERS,
DIED OF WOUNDS,
MARCH 11, 1916,
AGED 23 YEARS.
INTERRED AT ETAPLES, FRANCE

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Bentley family.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Duffield Parish Council; Belper Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Duffield Parish Council; Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

20th June, 2016: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.

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