Memorial Title
LCpl H Cowley
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to LCpl Herbert Cowley comprising additional lettering on a family gravestone at Spital Cemetery, Chesterfield.
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Locations
| Last known location: Spital Cemetery Hady Hill (A632) Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: S41 0DZ NGR: SK 39039 70761 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: About 30m northwest of the northwest corner of the old chapels at the centre of the cemetery. |
Type
| Overall type: Addition to gravestone. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible. |
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| Description: An addition to the lettering on a headstone on a family grave. The low sandstone headstone has a roof-like feature at the top, a raised panel with a triangular arch top on the face, and a pilaster with a lancet-shaped niche to each side. The headstone surmounts an oblong sandstone base with a bevelled top, and is accompanied by oblong sandstone kerbs with the maker's name incised at the foot. The headstone bears an incised inscription mainly in upright capital roman lettering. Glossary |
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Inscription
| Headstone: |
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| In Loving Memory of MATTHEW COWLEY, WHO DIED OCT. 5. 1916, AGED 70 YEARS. ALSO OF HANNAH, WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED OCT. 19. 1917, AGED 70 YEARS. WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER L/CPL. HERBERT COWLEY, KILLED IN ACTION MAY 3RD. 1917. |
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| Foot of kerbs: | |||||||||||||||||||
| A. ALLSOP | |||||||||||||||||||
Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Chesterfield Parish Council, Chesterfield Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Chesterfield Borough Council (unparished); Derbyshire County Council.
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