Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Peterborough
Town
Woodston
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
67888

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Current location

To the right-hand side of the central pathway
about a third of the way past the mausoleum.
Woodston Cemetery
New Road
Woodston
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE2 9HB
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 18486 97294
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Rectangular headstone with carved lilies at the top. Beneath those the inscription is in raised lead lettering.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THOMAS HENRY ROWE,/ WHO DIED MAY 31: 1937,/ AGED 82 YEARS./ ALSO/ ALICE ROWE,/ WHO DIED DEC 5: 1938,/ AGED 84 YEARS./ ALSO THE BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE,/ CHARLES ERNEST ROWE,/ WHO DIED IN ACTION AUG 16: 1916,/ AGED 21 YEARS./ LOVED AND REMEMBERED ALWAYS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Rowe, Charles Ernest
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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: Name, date of death, age
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: depth 60, height 820, width 770
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that Private Ernest Charles Rowe, son of Thomas Henry and Alice Rowe of 27 Orchard Street, New Fletton, Peterborough, died on 18/8/1916 while serving with the 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment; his regimental number was 20646. He has no known grave but is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. Despite the transposition of forenames and slightly different date of death, the next-of-kin and address details that CWGC record for the above soldier indicate that he was the man commemorated on the grave in Woodston Cemetery of Thomas Henry and Alice Rowe.

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