Derbyshire Times - Saturday 23 March 1918 (page 6) reported:
'THE FALLEN BRAVE. LYCH GATES DEDICATED AT LONGSTONE. Two handsome lych gates, one at the entrance to the old portion of the Great Longstone Parish Churchyard and the other at the entrance to the new burying ground, immediately opposite, on the other side of the roadway leading to Hassop, were dedicated to the memory of the local men who have fallen in action by the Rev. C. G. Lynn-Fryer, the vicar, on Wednesday, in the presence of a good number of villagers. Both gates, which have been erected by Mr. W. J. Eyre, of Longstone, are of English oak, locally grown, with appropriate carvings by an Oxford firm, and are roofed by old hand-made Staffs. red tiles. The first gate is "In affectionate remembrance of Hubert Bradshaw Dixon, captain, Sherwood Foresters, who fell at Neuve Chapelle, March, 12, 1915,' and is the gift of Mr. Roger Pitt- Dixon, of Little Longstone, and Mrs. Shaw (formerly of Longstone, and now of Brighton), his brother and sister. The second gate, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, of Brighton, is "To the dear and honoured memory of William Bernard Shaw" (their son), lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment, who fell at Vimy Ridge, April 12, 1917, and "all who had laid down their lives for their friends." The names inscribed on a separate panel are: Hubert Bradshaw Dixon, March 12, 1915, aged 36; Wm. Bernard Shaw, February 12, 1217, aged 22; Stanley Ferns Jeffcoat., April 29, 1917, aged 32; George Blackwell., June 26, 1917, aged 39; Jas. Renwick Timms, August 16, 1917, aged 24; George Wm. Furniss, September 17, 1917, aged 23; Fred Morton, October 4, 1917, aged 32. After assembling in church, where a suitable hymn was sung, a procession was formed, headed by the surpliced boys' choir, followed by the Vicar, the churchwardens, Messrs. R. Pitt-Dixon and J. T. Trickett (Rowland), and the congregation, which included Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, Mr. G. Hervey Wood of the Manor House, Little Longstone, Mrs. Furniss, Mr. A. W. J. Eyre, and others. The hymn "We love the place, O God" was sung, and in a brief address the Vicar said that the parishioners were very grateful and indebted to those who had given the lych gate, which would be an everlasting memorial to the gallant men who had fallen in battle, not only to Capt. Dixon and Lieut. Shaw, but other soldiers from the village, and he hoped that all who passed through these beautiful shrines would remember and pay a tribute to the memory of the fallen brave'.
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