Friends of Spital Cemetery is the name of this group and it is hoping to secure financial donations from residents of the town, so that it can attempt to purchase Henry Miles’ war medals. These are currently in Canada, but have been put up for sale and the group would like to be able to give them to the local museum.
The woman who is leading this appeal is Liz Cook, who is the group’s chairperson, and she told the Derbyshire Times that this family had a strong reputation within Chesterfield – especially in the Spital district.
Henry Miles served as a Lieutenant during World War One and received the Distinguished Conduct Medal, which was also given to his uncle. All of his medals are contained within the collection and Cook went on to add that:
“Given the importance of these medals, of this family and our pride in tending the war graves in Spital Cemetery we have decided to launch this fundraising campaign to bring them home to Chesterfield.”
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