Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- West Lindsey
- Town
- Aisthorpe
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59563
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Current location
In the churchyard
St Peters Church
Aisthorpe
West Lindsey
Lincolnshire
LN1 2SG
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 94686 80181
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rough hewn headstone, laid horizontally.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM EWAN TOWNSEND/ BORN YOKAHAMA JAPAN. 19 FEBRUARY 1879/ DIED AT THE SAME PLACE 23 SEPTEMBER 1900/ AFTER BEING WOUNDED AT THE SEIGE OF PEKING/ AGED 21 YEARS./ ALSO OF HIS BROTHER JOHN TOWNSEND/ BORN AT NEW YORK 19 MARCH 188(...)/ KILLED (...) (...) AT YPRES BELGIUM (...) (...) (...)/ AGED 31 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Townsend, Sidney John
See details - Commemorations
- Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,place of death,forename,place of birth,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901)
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Stone of remembrance
- 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
- History
- 2006: Lettering partially eroded.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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