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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Pendle
- Town
- Nelson
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42614
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Current location
Nelson Cemetery
Walton Road
Nelson
Pendle
Lancashire
BB9 8JH
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 87212 38357
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- HEADSTONE WITH KERBS
- Inscription
- JOHN COUNSELL D 3.6.1915 AGE 57/ ALSO PTE HERBERT SLINGSBY COUNSELL THEIR SON AGED 21 YEARS/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION WHILE SERVING WITH THE/ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, FEBRUARY 22ND 1915 AND WAS INTERRED AT/ PORT ARTHUR FRANCE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Counsell, Herbert Slingsby
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, forenames, date of death, place of death, forenames, manner of death, age, relationships, place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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