Gunner William Meakin


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Reference WMO/295696

Address:

St John the Baptist Church

High Street

Tibshelf

DE55 5NU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Addition to Gravestone
Materials:
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: An addition to the lettering on a family gravestone. The low sandstone headstone is in the style of an open book with an inlaid inscription in mostly upright capital block lettering. A further oblong tablet towards the foot of the grave bears an inscription in similar style. Both stones are slightly inclined and are supported by stone stands. They are accompanied by oblong sandstone kerbs with further inscriptions on broad the chamfered faces, and with the maker's details at the foot, however the long kerbs have been disturbed and one has been overturned. It is southeast of the church, near the path.
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Headstone: Left Hand Side- PROUD AND LOVING/ MEMORIES OF/ GNR. WILLIAM MEAKIN/ R.A./ DEAR HUSBAND OF/ EDIE AND SON OF/ GEORGE & AGNES.; Right Hand Side WHO DIED AT SEA/ A PRISONER OF WAR/ NOV. 23RD. 1942,/ AGED 31 YEARS./ [WE] BLESS THE YEARS/ THAT HE WAS OURS.; Tablet- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ ERNEST MEAKIN,/ DIED 25TH. DECEMBER 1962,/ AGED [70] YEARS.; North kerb: [IN LOVING MEMORY] OF/ GEORGE [MEAKIN], DIED MAY 26TH. 1948, AGED 82 YEARS./ HE LIVED FOR THOSE HE LOVED, AND THOSE HE LOVED REMEMBER.; South kerb: AGNES MEAKIN, DIED FEB. 8TH 1954, AGED 84 YEARS./ RE-UNITED.; Foot of kerbs: BURGIN./ RIPLEY.

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