Memorial
H Phipps
Current Location
Grave D48 in the Southeast corner of the churchyard., All Saints Church, Church Street, Ockbrook, Erewash, Derbyshire, DE72 3RB, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 423 356
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 60516
- Description
- A limestone headstone and base on a family grave. The headstone has a pointed arch top with chamfered edges, rebated sides and an anchor in relief in a roundel at the head. The inlaid inscription is mainly in upright capital block lettering.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HARRY PHIPPS,/ WHO WAS LOST IN THE SINKING OF/ H.M.S. FORMIDABLE,/ JANUARY 1ST. 1915,/ AGED 41 YEARS./ "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH."/ ALSO OF ANNIE PHIPPS,/ MOTHER OF THE ABOVE/ DIED SEPT. 17TH. 1920,/AGED 76 YEARS./ "PEACE, PERFECT PEACE."/ ALSO OF HER HUSBAND/ ENOCH PHIPPS,/ DIED FEB. 5TH. 1929,/ AGED 83 YEARS./ FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING,/ LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONES SLEEPING.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname,year died,regiment,forename,manner of death,age of death
- Maintenance History
- 3 August 2010: Some staining to the face and some ivy encroachment, but inscription still clear. The churchyard lies within the Ockbrook Village Conservation Area.
Components
- Gravestone
Height: 1350mm
Width: 710mm
Depth: 75mm
Made from: Stone - Limestone
Condition: Good
- Base
Height: -
Width: c 830mm
Depth: c 250mm
Made from: Stone - Limestone
Condition: Good
- Monumental Inscriptions All Saints Ockbrook Derbyshire by J Brownson and B Meese 47/ 1988 Published:Derbyshire Family History Society 1988 Transcription.