Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Lincoln
Town
Spalding
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
67878

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Current location

Spalding Cemetery
Pinchbeck Road
Spalding
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
PE11 1QL
England

OS Grid Ref: TF 24728 23682
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Vertical rectangular stone with Gothic top, stands on chamfered base Lettering in faded black,part missing towards bottom of stone
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY/OF/SARAH ELIZABETH/THE BELOVED WIFE OF/WILLIAM GREEN/ WHO FELL ASLEEP OCTOBER 8th 1928(?)/ AGED 64 YEARS/DEAR MOTHER,REST.THY WORK IS OER(?)/ THY LOVING HANDS WILL TOIL NO MORE/ALSO HER DEAR BROTHER/EDMUND SISMEY/OF THE CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY/ACCIDENTLY KILLED JULY 26 th 1916/AGED 34 YEARS/INTERRED IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY/VLAMETINGHE/FATHER IN THY ? ?/? ? NOW OUR ? SLEEPING/WILLIAM GREEN (?)/CALLED
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Sismey, E
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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: FORENAME/REGIMENT/PLACE DIED
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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