Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Blackburn
Town
Turton
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
42388

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Current location

St Anne's Church
High Street
Turton
Blackburn
Lancashire
BL7 0ER
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 73457 15709
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Addition to family gravestone
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ JAMES RABY,/ WHO DIED NOVEMBER 2ND 1914,/ AGED 61 YEARS. ALSO/ ELIZABETH LOUISA, WIFE OF/ JAMES RABY, OF TURTON, WHO DIED/ AUGUST 14TH 1905, AGED 50 YEARS./ ALSO OF THEIR BELOVED SON/ L/CPL AMBROSE RABY, 10TH L.N.L./ REGT. WHO WAS "KILLED IN ACTION"/ IN FRANCE, SEPTEMBER 21ST 1915,/ AGED 22 YEARS. THY WILL BE DONE./ ALSO JOHN, ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE/ DIED MAY 24TH 1919, AGED 30 YEARS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Raby, Ambrose
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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, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death, age, 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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