Memorial Title

W L Walker

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW2 war memorial in St Lawrence's Churchyard, Great Barlow comprising an addition to the wording on a family gravestone and commemorating Wright Walker.

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Locations

Last known location:
St Lawrence's Churchyard
Hackney La (B6051)
Great Barlow
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
S18 7TR

NGR:
SK 34385 74706
(From online digital mapping.)

Location details:
The parish church signboard clearly identifies the village as Great Barlow but maps and other references refer to it as just Barlow. The grave is about 25m northwest of the church.

Type

Overall type: Addition to gravestone.

Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible.

Description:

An addition to the inscription on the headstone of a family grave. The tall sandstone headstone has a pointed arch top with a moulded border and an incised inscription mainly in upright capital roman lettering. The headstone is accompanied by a recumbent granite tablet bearing a further inscription.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Headstone	Sandstone	1300	760	75	Fair
Tablet	Granite, metal	615	375	-	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Headstone:

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	Second World War (1939-1945)	Totals
Action	—
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

In
Loving Memory
of
WILLIAM WALKER
(LATE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE)
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
DOROTHEA WALKER
WHO DIED AUGUST 10TH. 1936,
AGED 59 YEARS.
UNTIL THE DAY DAWN.
ALSO CHARLES SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED IN PRETORIA HOSPITAL
SEPTEMBER 4TH. 1912.
AGED 1 YEAR AND 4 MONTHS.
JESUS CALLED HIM
ALSO DOROTHEA WALKER,
DIED FEB. 17TH. 1943 AGED 61 YEARS
ALSO
WRIGHT LEONARD WALKER R.A.S.C.
DIED IN FRANCE JUNE 11TH. 1944
AGED 23 YEARS.
REUNITED.

Tablet:

In Loving Memory
OUR DEAR PARENTS
ALFRED
NEEDHAM
DIED 3RD JULY 1996, AGED 87.
Also
SYBIL EUNICE
NEEDHAM
DAUGHTER OF
WILLIAM AND
DOROTHEA
DIED 21ST AUGUST 1997, AGED 89

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Walker family.

Local authorities:
From WW2: Barlow Parish Council; Chesterfield Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Barlow Parish Council; North East Derbyshire District Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

July 1979: The churchyard lies within the Barlow Conservation Area first designated on that date.

17th August 2016: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.

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