Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Copeland
- Town
- Whitehaven
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 30813
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Current location
Gravestone 2I108
Preston Quarter (Whitehaven) Cemetery
B5345
Whitehaven
Copeland
Cumbria
CA28 9HU
England
OS Grid Ref: NX 97503 16603
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- .... JOHN SIDNEY TAYLOR/GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE/BORN JUNE 10TH 1894/LOST AT SEA MARCH 11TH 1915/HE WAS WIRELESS OPERATOR ON HMS BAYANO WHICH WAS/TORPEDOED AND SUNK OFF/CORSEWALL POINT, WIGTOWNSHIRE/"HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP"/"I SLEEP BUT MY SOUL WAKETH"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Taylor, John Sidney
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, rank, service, manner of death, date of death, date of birth
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
- Reference
- CWGC Entry-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/4005089/TAYLOR, JOHN SIDNEY
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