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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- South Lakeland
- Town
- Hawkshead
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66908
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Current location
Gravestone A26
St Michael & All Angels Church
Hawkshead
South Lakeland
Cumbria
LA22 0PQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 35207 98072
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- In loving memory of Edward Askew Died Feb 4th 1926 In his 90th Year Also Mary wife of the above Died May 4th 1941 In her 88th Year Also of Dorothy Mary Daughter of Joseph and Ethel G Hodgson Died April 29th 1919 Aged 7 Years Also of Bessie their daughter Died March 23rd 1917 Aged 11 months Granddaughters of the above Also Richard Gainford Askew F/O R.C.A.F. grandson of the above Edward and Mary Askew Killed in action July 25th 1944 Aged 21 Years
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Askew, Richard Gainford
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forenames, relationships, rank, service, manner of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- CWGC Citation-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2955292/askew,-richard-gainford/
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