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
- 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
See details - 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
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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