Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Southend On Sea
Town
Leigh On Sea
County
Essex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
23039

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Current location

London Road Cemetery
London Road
Leigh On Sea
Southend On Sea
Essex
SS9 2AA
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 83810 86618
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Addition to family gravestone
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF MINNIE CLINTON WIFE OF COMMISSIONER DAVID LAMB: BORN/ AT CAMBOURNE 28 MARCH 1864/ DIED AT DAYMER BAY CORNWALL 15 APRIL 1939:: INTERRED HERE/ FOR 58 YEARS AN OFFICER ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE SALVATION ARMY:/ FOR OVER 40 YEARS A SOCIAL WORKER IN THIS DISTRICT: POLICE COURT/ MISSIONER: POOR LAW GUARDIAN: JUSTICE OF THE PEACE: FOUNDER/ OF THE MILLFIELD CHILDRENS HOME, PRITTLEWELL/ AND OF THE BELOVED AND LOVING HUSBAND DAVID CRITCHTON LAMB CMG LLD OF/ FROCKHIEM ANGUS/ OCTOBER 26TH 1866/ TYTHERTON LUCAS LUCAS/ JULY 9 1951/ FOR OVER 60 YEARS AN OFFICER IN SALVATION ARMY/ DAVID CLINTON LAMB/ BORN AUGUST 25 1889/ DIED 1 MAY 1909/ INTERRED HERE/ PATRICK JAMES LAMB/ LIEUT/ R.G.A. BORN 12 FEB/ 1895: FELL IN ACTION IN/ FRANCE 31 JULY 1918/ INTERRED IN BRITISH SAND/ PITS CEMETERY BETHUNE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Lamb, Patrick James
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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: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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