Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Stratford On Avon
Town
Bidford on Avon
County
Warwickshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
19208

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Current location

St. Laurence's Churchyard
Church Street
Bidford on Avon
Stratford On Avon
Warwickshire
B50 4DA
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 10090 51861
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Addition to family gravestone consisting of a three-stepped square base surmounted by a plain Latin cross.
Inscription
RICHARD GEORGE HUGHES, ONLY SON/ KILLED DECR 5TH 1916/ AND BURIED AT VARENNES,/ IN FRANCE/ AGED 18 YEARS/ "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH"/ IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ RICHARD HUGHES, AT BROOM,/ LATE OF UPTON-SNODBURY/ WHO DIED AUGUST 25TH 1910/ AGED 62 YEARS/ THY WILL BE DONE/ ALSO OF ELLA HUGHES HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED APRIL 25TH 1924/ "AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH NEITHER/ SORROW NOR CRYING FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED/ AWAY"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Hughes, Richard George
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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: year died, forename, surname, place of burial, age at death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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