Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
East Yorkshire
Town
Market Weighton
County
Humberside
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
36153

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Current location

Market Weighton Cemetery
Holme Road
Market Weighton
East Yorkshire
Humberside
YO43 3EN
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 86939 41388
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Multi faceted pointed arched stone set within a kerbed double grave space. Four further memorial tablets also set within grave space.
Inscription
(...)/ ALSO OF TWO SONS OF THE ABOVE/ FARRIER SGT. DAVID BELL, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY, AGED 23 YRS/PT ROBERT BELL, LINCOLN YEOMANRY, AGED 19 YRS/ BOTH OF WHOM LOST THEIR LIVES ON "HM TRANSPORT ARCADIAN"/APRIL 15TH 1917/"THY WILL BE DONE."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bell, David
Bell, Robert
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: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, forenames, manner of death, age, relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • HULL & YORKSHIRE MILITARY MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS VOL 1 by MANN, M & M Source: Image Library NIWM Published:HOME 1991 HULL

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