Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Holderness
Town
Paull
County
Humberside
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
35255

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Current location

St. Andrew's Church
Thorngumbald road
Paull
Holderness
Humberside
England

OS Grid Ref: TA 17223 25744
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Addition to gravestone.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ MABEL UNEY/ DEARLY BELOVED DAUGHTER OF/ ALFERD & ANN BROWN/ WHO DIED 20TH SEPTEMBER 1915/ AGED 26 YEARS/ ALSO IVY/ HER DAUGHTER AGED 7 MONTHS/ (VERSE)/ PTE WILLIAM BROWN/ WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE/ MAY 25TH, 1918 AGED 25 YEARS/ CALLED TO FURTHER SERVICE IN/ OUR FATHERS HOME ABOVE/ IN MEMORIAM/ CPL. JOHN A. BROWN/ DIED OF MALARIA FEVER IN EGYPT/ DECEMBER 28TH, 1916/ AGED 27 YEARS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Brown, John A
Brown, William
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • Yorkshire Heroes, Vol. I: A Journey from Hull to Withernsea around Hornsea and Back to Hull Again, Malcolm Mann (1995), p. 27.

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