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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- Pirton
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66036
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Current location
In the churchyard Grave 1133
St Mary's Church
Crabtree Lane
Pirton
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG5 3QE
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 148 317
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Addition to gravestone.
- Inscription
- IN/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ JAMES SMITH/ WHO DIED DEC. 20TH 1916/ AGED 69 YEARS/ ALSO OF/ LYDIA SMITH/ WHO DIED APRIL 5TH 1917/ AGED 73 YEARS/ ALSO OF JOHN SMITH/ WHO DIED 28TH AUG. 1911/ AGED 28 YEARS/ ALSO OF CPL HARRY SMITH/ KILLED IN ACTION JULY 31ST 1917/ R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Pirton: A Village in Anguish, Derek Jarrett (2009), p. 42.
- Pirton website: [www.pirton.org.uk/pirtonhistory/cemetryrecords/images/cemetry.gif]
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