Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- Town
- Monk Bretton
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 69302
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Current location
Section A
No. 222
Monk Bretton Cemetery
Cross Street
Monk Bretton
South Yorkshire
S71 2EU
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 36264 07536
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A tall dark coloured gravestone with a pointed arched top. There are shoulders at the foot of the arch with pillars down to the base on either side of the panel with the inscription. In the triangular section below the arch are carved roses with a scroll reading In Memory Of.
- Inscription
- IN / MEMORY / OF / ALICE HALLILAY, / THE BELOVED WIFE OF / THOMAS LANCASTER / THE CLIFFE, MONK BRETTON. / BORN SEPTEMBER 20TH 1844, / DIED AUGUST 17TH 1895. / ALSO THOMAS EDWARD, / SON OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DIED AT STRETFORD, MANCHESTER / FEBRUARY 4TH 1909, / AGED 31 YEARS. / ALSO / ALICE HILDA LANCASTER, / DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE, / SPECIAL MILITARY PROBATIONER T.F.N.S. / ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED IN FRANCE, / JUNE 3RD 1918, / AGED 35 YEARS. / MANY WATERS CANNOT QUENCH LOVE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Lancaster, Alice Hilda
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: names, surname, service, cause of death, date of death, age
Order of information: names, surname, service, cause of death, date of death, age
- First World War (1914-1918)
- 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
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