Memorial

Private F Croft and Private W Allen

Private F Croft and Private W Allen in Matlock Methodist Church Tablet

Source: Copyright T Essex-Lopresti

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Current Location

Matlock Methodist Church, Oak Road, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, DE4 3FJ, England

SK 30045 60462

Methodist

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 67400
Description: Rectangular white marble tablet with nowy head. Sloped carved border with lettering engraved in black.
Inscription: In Loving Memory / of / PTE. FREDERICK CROFT/ OF THE 17TH BATTN. NOTTS & DERBYS RGT./ WHO FELL IN FRANCE ON SEPT 3RD 1916/ AGED 19 YEARS./ ALSO OF PTE. WALTER ALLEN/ OF THE 11TH BATTN NOTTS & DERBYS RGT./ WHO FELL IN FRANCE ON APRIL 28TH 1917/ AGED 20 YEARS. / "THEY COUNTED NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR/ UNTO THEM THAT THEY MIGHT SHEILD OTHER/ LIVES."

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, place of death, date of death, age of death

Tablet

Height: 500mm

Width: 750mm

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good