John Thomas Gibson


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Reference WMO/294549

Address:

Ripley Cemetery

Cemetery Lane

Ripley

DE5 3JG

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 Marble
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: An addition to a white marble headstone on a family grave. The tall headstone has a trefoil top, stepped shoulders and recessed sides. Sprays of foliage in relief at the two top corners descend into a narrow raised border to each side, terminating in swirls at the foot. The inlaid inscription is mainly in upright capital decorative lettering with the maker's name at the foot. The headstone surmounts an oblong base with a bevelled top. It is towards the eastern end of the cemetery.
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Headstone: IN/ Loving Memory/ of/ GEORGE/ THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ ELIZABETH GIBSON,/ WHO DIED OCTR. 8TH. 1907,/ AGED 61 YEARS./ In the midst of life we are in death./ ALSO SARAH ELIZABETH GIBSON,/ WHO DIED MARCH 27TH. 1926,/ AGED 76 YEARS./ ALSO/ JOHN THOMAS/ SON OF THE ABOVE/ KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR APRIL 1. 1918/ AGED 40 YEARS./ AT REST.; Foot of headstone: HOLBROOK & CO./ EASTWOOD.

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