Memorial Title

A E Wheatcroft

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial comprising an addition to a gravestone at Nottingham Road New Cemetery, Chaddesden, Derby commemorating Albert Wheatcroft.

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Locations

Last known location:
Compartment A4
Nottingham Road New
Cemetery
Nottingham Rd
Chaddesden
Derby

Nearest postcode:
DE21 6FN

NGR:
SK 37129 36783 ±5m
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Location details:
Towards the middle of the compartment, about five rows west from the main path.

Type

Overall type: Addition to gravestone

Overall condition: Fair. The headstone is intact and the inscription is legible.

Description:

A concrete headstone and kerbs on a family grave. The upright oblong headstone has stepped shoulders and a battered face with an inlaid stone panel bearing the inlaid inscription in upright capital roman and block lettering. To each side further tall narrow panels bear ivy leaves in shallow relief. Two plain oblong kerbs lie at the sides of the grave and at the foot a chamferred kerb has an inlaid stone panel bearing an inlaid inscription in sloping capital block lettering. Corner stones are badly eroded.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	Concrete, stone	590	915	150	Fair
Kerbs	Concrete, stone	140	915	2000	Poor
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Headstone:

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DEVOTED WIFE
ADA WHEATCROFT,
AT REST 8TH. APRIL 1946, AGED 78 YEARS.
ALSO IN MEMORY OF
ALBERT ERNEST WHEATCROFT,
KILLED IN FRANCE SEPT. 1916, AGED 21 YEARS.
ALSO OF ARTHUR BURLEY WHEATCROFT,
BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE ADA.
AT REST 22ND. JAN. 1952, AGED 83 YEARS.
RE-UNITED

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action or event	Not stated.
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Wheatcroft family

Local authorities:
From WW1: 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

11th January, 2022: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.

References

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Comments

The casualty is recorded by CWGC as Rmn 5377 Albert Ernest Wheatcroft of D Coy, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles).

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