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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Fenland
- Town
- March
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- VC or GC Recipients
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61184
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Current location
Eastwood Cemetery
Eastwood Avenue
March
Fenland
Cambridgeshire
PE15 9DT
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 42200 96010
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Headstone of grave of Benjamin Gimbert GC and his wife, with carving of George Cross at the top.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER/ / BENJAMIN GIMBERT G.C./WHO DIED 8TH MAY 1976/AGED 73 YEARS/ BRAVE, UNSELFISH, LOVING/ ALSO OF A DEAR WIFE, MUM AND NANNA/ VIOLET ELIZABETH GIMBERT/ RE-UNITED 3RD MAY 1991/ AGED 89 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,forename,age of death,relationships,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- VC or GC Recipients
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- History
- Lichen is beginning to obscure George Cross carving.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website March & District Museum www.marchmuseum.co.uk/walks1.html
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