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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Copeland
- Town
- Whitehaven
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12316
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Current location
Gravestone 5E219
Whitehaven Cemetery
Meadow Road
Whitehaven
Copeland
Cumbria
CA28 9HX
England
OS Grid Ref: NX 97647 16536
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- ....ALSO THOMAS BURNS TYSON/SON OF ABOVE/KILLED IN ACTION AT/EL ADEN, JUNE 15TH 1942/AGED 23 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Tyson, Thomas Burns
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, manner of death, date of death, place of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth 200mm, height 780mm, width 510mm
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
- St Peter and St Paul Mitcham WWI
- WMO ID: 134319
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 04-02-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CWGC Entry-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2125620/TYSON, THOMAS BURNS
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