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ABNEY WAR MEMORIAL

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Abney is a hamlet in Hope parish, Derbyshire, standing by a tributary of the river Derwent. The memorial is located in Abney Village hall in the centre of the village; the memorial is actually within the village on the east wall. It takes the form of a wall-mounted, oblong, brass plaque on a wooden backboard with chamfered edges with a thin red latin cross at the head of the plaque and a thin incised border coloured black. The inscription is incised in black coloured black lettering, with two names with rubricated initials. The memorial was surveyed in 2015 and was found to be in good condition.

 

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
WILFRED EYRE
AND
REGINALD EYDES
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919.
"MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED
WITH THY SAINTS"

EYRE

Wilfred

Private 18726, 2nd Battalion, York And Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 21 April 1916. Born Derwent, Hathersage, enlisted Sheffield. Buried in ESSEX FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row N. Grave 13.

EYDES

Reginald

Gunner 165857, 130th Battery, 40th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 15 October 1917. Aged 20. Resident Hathersage, Yorkshire, enlisted Hastings?, Yorkshire. Son of Thomas and Martha Hester Eydes, of Callow Farm, Hathersage, Outseats, Sheffield. Buried in YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row F. Grave 79.

Last updated 4 January, 2023

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