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

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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
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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: names, surname, service, cause of death, date of death, age
    Order of information: names, surname, service, cause of death, date of death, age
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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