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Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Canterbury
Town
Herne Bay
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
48030

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Current location

Herne Bay Cemetery
Canterbury Road
Herne Bay
Canterbury
Kent
CT6 7HB
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 18120 66660
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Addition to family gravestone.
Inscription
IN/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ OUR DEAR SON/ SIDNEY ALFRED THOMAS NICHOLLS/ AGED 20 YEARS/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION/ AT ZEEBRUGGE ON APRIL 23RD 1918./ H.M.S. INTREPED/ ALSO OF JOHN WILLIAM ERNEST/ AGED 16 YEARS/ BROTHER OF THE ABOVE WHO WAS/ KILLED IN ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA/ OCTOBER 15TH 1914/ H.M.S. HAWKE./ A SUDDEN CHANGE AT GOD'S COMMAND/ THEY FELL. THEY HAD NO CHANCE TO BID THEIR/ FRIENDS FAREWELL. AFFLICTION CAME/ WITHOUT WARNING GIVEN AND BADE THEM HASTE/ TO MEET THEIR GOD IN HEAVEN
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Nicholls, John William Ernest
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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: Relationships, forenames, surname, age at death, manner of death, place of death, date of death, warship.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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