Memorial Title

Fred (Unidentified Casualty)

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW2 war memorial tablet at Nottingham Road New Cemetery, Chaddesden, Derby commemorating an unidentified casualty called Fred.

Images

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Locations

Last known location:
Compartment A2
Nottingham Road
New Cemetery
Nottingham Rd
Chaddesden
Derby

Nearest postcode:
DE21 6FN

NGR:
SK 37245 36728 ±5m
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Location details:
The grave is just inside the main gates, round the corner to the right.

Type

Overall type: Vase.

Overall condition Fair, the inscription is legible.

Description:

A two stepped white marble vase bearing an inlaid inscription in upright capital block lettering on the 12 o'clock face. The grave has plain oblong white marble kerbs with an inclined white marble tablet at the foot bearing an inlaid inscription in upright capital lettering. However there is some suspicion that this is not the correct grave for the vase. (See Comments below.)

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Vase	White marble	180	205	215	Fair
Tablet	White marble	530	715	40	Good
Kerbs	White marble	250	915	2110	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Vase:

IN MEMORY OF
FRED
KILLED IN ACTION
NOV. 23. 1943.
LATE R.N.

Tablet:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DEAR MOTHER
EDITH TWELLS (NEE WATTS)
DIED 1942.
ALS[O] HER DEAR DAUGHTER
[ELLEN BENNETT (NEE T]WELLS)
DIED 1950
AND HER DEAR DAUGHTER
FAN[N]Y WATTS
DIED [3]0TH JULY [1968]

[Some lettering lost or damaged.]

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	Second World War (1939-1945)	Totals
Action or event	Not known
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

Administration

Custodian: Not known.

Local authorities:
From WW2: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation)
From 1974: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council and Derbyshire County Council.
From 1997: Derby City Council.

History and Conservation

8th December, 2021: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.

References

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Comments

Extensive online searches have been made using all of the alternative names on the gravestone, but all have proved fruitless.

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