Derbyshire War Memorials - 2Lt K C Stiven

Memorial
Title

2Lt K C Stiven

Images

Locations

Last known location:
Uttoxeter New Road
Cemetery
(Old Cemetery)
Uttoxeter New Rd
Rowditch
Derby

Nearest postcode:
DE22 3JB

NGR:
SK 34083 35861
±5m

Location details:
Towards the western end of the cemetery..

Type

Overall type: Grave.

Overall condition: At risk. The inscription is barley legible.

Description:

An inscription on a family gravestone. The grave has several components, the main one comprising white marble rolltop kerbstones with an inscription inlaid in the outer chamfered surface in upright capital block lettering. The other components are badly smashed and difficult to identify except for a white marble patonce cross which lies broken on the surface and which bears an inlaid inscription in mixed styles of upright lettering.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Kerbs	White marble	220	1020	2270	Fair
Cross	White marble	c1135	640	70	At risk
Stone fragments	White marble	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Lost
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

South kerb:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF KATHERINE, WIFE OF CHARLES STIV[EN WHO DIED JULY 14TH. 1895.]

East kerb:

[C]HARLES STI[VEN DIED ...TH ...PT. 1951, AGE[D ...]

North kerb:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ELIZABETH, WIFE OF CHARLES STIVEN, WHO DIED NOVEMBER 16TH. 1942.

Cross:

In
Loving Memory of
KENNETH CUMMING STIVEN,
2ND. LIEUTENANT, 2ND. LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
19TH. JANUARY 1920, AGED 24 YEARS.

[Some letters were damaged or missing.]

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)
Number died	1
Number served and returned	0
Total names	1

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the descendants of the family.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation)
From 1974 to 1997: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council and Derbyshire County Council.
From 1997: The unitary authority has been Derby City Council.

History

18th March, 2003: The cemetery was listed (as The Old Cemetery) Grade II in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, Heritage List for England number 1000787.

The cemetery is included in Derbyshire (HER), the Historic Environment Record, number 32622.

6th March, 2013: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was at risk.

5th June, 2015: The memorial was photographed by Roy Branson. It was at risk.

References

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Comments

This memorial does not fall within the normally accepted definition of a war memorial as Lt Stiven is buried in the grave. However, it is included here because, although his death is attributed to the conflict, it is not yet recognised or recorded by the CWGC.

When the cemetery was opened it was first called the General Cemetery and later the Old Cemetery: today it is widely known as Uttoxeter New Road Cemetery or just Uttoxeter Road Cemetery.