Memorial Title
A A Redfern
Summary
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Locations
| Last known location: Ripley Cemetery Cemetery La Ripley Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE5 3JG NGR: SK 40081 50017 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: East of the gate. |
Type
| Overall type: Addition to gravestone. |
Overall condition: Fair. However, the inscription is barely legible. |
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| Description: An addition to a hipped stone ledger on a family grave. The monolithic ledger has an inlaid inscription mainly in upright capital lettering on the two long faces and surmounts an oblong ashlar base which bears the conclusion of the inscription. Glossary |
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Inscription
| South face of ledger: | ||||||||||||||||||
| [In Loving Memory of FRANCES ELIZABETH REDFERN, BELOVED WIFE OF JOSEPH REDFERN WHO FELL ASLEEP DECEMBER 1ST 1919, AGED 72] YEARS. [A FAITHFUL] WIFE, A [DEVOTED MOTHER, AND A TRUE FRIEND.] |
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| North face of ledger: | ||||||||||||||||||
| [In Loving Memory of JOSEPH REDFERN WHO ENTERED INTO REST NOVEMBER 8TH. 1920, AGED 72 YEARS "HE] LIVED [RESPECTED AND DIED REGRETTED."] In Loving [Memory] of [ARTHUR ABRAHAM REDFERN] OF THE 68TH. BATTY. CANADIAN ARTILLERY [WHO] DIED AT VANCOUVER CANADA, [APRIL] 13TH. 1929, AGED 49 YEARS. INTERRED IN THE RETURNED SOLDIERS PLOT. |
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| North face of base: | ||||||||||||||||||
| [MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY] | ||||||||||||||||||
| [Many of the letters are missing or damaged and the inscription is barely legible.] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Administration
Custodian: Presumed to be the Redfern 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.
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