Memorial Title

Rmn C M Dixon

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to Rmn Charles Dixon on a family grave in Ripley Cemetery, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
Ripley Cemetery
Cemetery La
Ripley
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE5 3JG

NGR:
SK 40163 49941 ±5m
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Location details:
Towards the eastern end of the cemetery.

Type

Overall type: Tablet.

Overall condition: Poor. The inscription is difficult to read.

Description:

A freestanding white marble tablet on a family grave. The family memorial originally comprised a white marble statue of a small girl on a square two-stepped base but the statue has now been detached and stands separately on the surface of the grave, and has lost the head and an arm. The base bears inlaid inscriptions on several faces in upright capital lettering. The war memorial is a low white marble oblong tablet with a bullnosed top also bearing an inlaid inscription in upright capital lettering. The family and war memorials are accompanied by oblong kerbs but three corner kerbstones also placed on the grave are thought to belong elsewhere.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Statue (headless)	White marble	860	350	350	At risk
Base	White marble	580	550	550	Fair
Tablet	White marble	240	365	230	Poor
Kerbs	White marble	180	1065	2445	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

6 o'clock face of statue:

9 o'clock face of statue:

[In
Loving Memory of]
[...]

Sacred
to the memory
[...]

6 o'clock face of base:

9 o'clock face of base:

[ALAN GEOFFREY DIXON
(GEOFF)]
WHOM [JESUS] CALLED
[MARCH] 24. 1905.
AGED 4 YEARS & 9 [MONTHS.]
"THE MASTER [PLUCKED THE FLOWER,
THE GARDENER WEPT."]

[WILLIAM HENRY,]
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
MARIA ELIZABETH DIXON.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JAN. 16. 1928,
IN HIS 76TH. YEAR.
["HE] THAT [DOETH] THE WILL OF GOD
ABIDETH [FOREVER."]
IN MEMORY OF MY DEAREST HUSBAND
ARTHUR HEREWARD
[...] SON OF ABOVE AGED 66 YEARS.
PEACE AFTER PAIN

3 o'clock face of statue:

Tablet:

[...]

TO THE [MEMORY] OF
[RIFLEMAN
CHARLES MUNRO DIXON,
7. K.R.R.
BORN SEP. ... 18...
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
BEAUMONT HAMEL SEP 3RD. 19...
SOME DAY, SOME DAY OUR EYES SHALL
SEE THE FACE WE KEEP IN MEMORY.

3 o'clock face of base:

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

MARIA ELIZABETH,
BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM HENRY DIXON,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AUG. 1. 1928,
AGED 73 YEARS.
I WILL BE GLAD AND REJOICE IN THEE,
I WILL SING PRAISE UNTO THY NAME.

[Much of the inscription missing or damaged.]

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Dixon 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

5th January 2017: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in poor condition with the components displaced and much of the inscription missing or damaged.

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