Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Peterborough
Town
Peterborough
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
70078

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Current location

Entering the Cemetery from the Broadway gate
it is on the left side of the tarmac path
in the thirty-ninth row of headstones.
Broadway Cemetery
Broadway
Peterborough
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 4DD
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 19623 99524
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A rectangular stone, with an ornately carved depiction of foliage above the inscription in lead letters. Having fallen backward, it now lays flat on the ground, face up.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ ELIZABETH/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF/ FRED GRAY/ WHO FELL PEACEFULLY ASLEEP/ FEBRUARY 6TH 1915,/ AGED 50 YEARS./ TO FALL ASLEEP IS NOT TO DIE./ TO DWELL WITH CHRIST IS BETTER LIFE/ ALSO OF/ PTE WILLIAM GRAY/ (7TH BTN ROYAL FUSILIERS)/ DIED OF WOUNDS AT DERNACOURT, FRANCE/ FEB 24TH 1917/ AGED 24 YEARS/ ALSO OF SARAH GRAY/ DIED FEB 15TH 1922/ AGED 28 YEARS/ SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Gray, William
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, Battalion, place and date of death, age.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: depth 75, height 1200, width 620
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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