Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Holderness
Town
Patrington
County
Humberside
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
35251

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Current location

ST PATRICKS CHURCH
Church Lane
Patrington
Holderness
Humberside
England

OS Grid Ref: TA 31549 22549
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Addition to gravestone.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOHN CLOSE/ DIED 19TH FEBRUARY 1921/ AGED 75 YEARS/ ALSO/ FANNY WIFE OF THE ABOVE/ DIED 8TH JUNE 1852/ AGED 82 YEARS/ ALSO/ CORPORAL CLOSE/ LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH REGIMENT/ KILLED IN ACTION/ 9TH AUGUST 1916/ AGED 25 YEARS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Close, G
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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: rank,year died,regiment,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • Yorkshire Heroes, Vol. I: A Journey from Hull to Withernsea around Hornsea and Back to Hull Again, Malcolm Mann (1995), p. 84.

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