Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Peterborough
Town
Peterborough
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
70259

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Current location

Entering the Cemetery from the Broadway gate
it is on the left side of the tarmac path
in the 11th row of headstones
laying flat.
Broadway Cemetery
Broadway
Peterborough
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 4DD
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 19559 99520
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
An rounded-arch-topped stone, which has fallen backward and now lays face up.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ ALICE JANE,/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF/ JOSEPH DAY,/ WHO DIED 14 JULY 1902/ AGED 52 YEARS/ ALSO JOSIAH,/ SON OF THE ABOVE,/ KILLED IN (...)/ BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA/ ALSO OF/ JOSEPH DAY,/ WHO DIED 23 APRIL 1925/ AGED 74 YEARS/ AND OF 2 INFANT CHILDREN INTERRED IN THIS GRAVE
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Day, Josiah
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Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Place of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: depth 70, height 800, width 700
    Materials: Stone
  • Base
    Measurements: depth 140, height 400, width 800
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Peterborough & District Family History Society: notebooks from 1981 survey of Broadway Cemetery.

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