Memorial Title
2Lt E Barnes
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial to 2Lt Edmund Barnes 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 39051 70779 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: About 45m north, and slightly west 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 tall sandstone headstone has a rounded top with stepped shoulders and a moulded border, recessed sides and a spray of foliage in relief in a segmental panel at the head. The incised inscription is in upright capital, mainly block, lettering. The headstone is accompanied by oblong kerbs but these have been displaced. Glossary |
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Inscription
| IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM EDMUND BARNES, WHO DIED AUGUST 20TH.1907, AGED 56 YEARS. "PEACE, PERFECT PEACE." ALSO OF 2ND LIEUT. EDMUND BARNES, ONLY SON OF THE ABOVE WHO WAS KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT WHILE TRAINING TO SERVE HIS KING AND COUNTRY JANUARY 27TH. 1918, AGED 18 YEARS. EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. ALSO OF ELIZA MARY BARNES, WHO DIED JULY 25TH. 1936, AGED 78 YEARS. AT REST. |
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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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