Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Hacheston
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 68642
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Current location
In the churchyard
All Saints Church
The Street
Hacheston
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP13 0DL
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 31197 58500
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Cross-shaped gravestone with a patty cross carved on the centre.
- Inscription
- IN/ LOVING /MEMORY OF /SERGT. SAMUEL SMITH/ WHO DIED OF WOUNDS / OCTOBER 19TH 1916/ AGE 35/ALSO OF LCP CPL WILLIAM SMITH / KILLED IN ACTION JULY 20TH 1916/ AGE 25/ RIP
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Smith, William
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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