Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Tonbridge And Malling
Town
Tonbridge
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
71082

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Current location

Plot 2. Row e: No. 7.
Tonbridge Cemetery
Shipbourne Road
Tonbridge
Tonbridge And Malling
Kent
TN10 3ED
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 59124 47663
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Single kerbed grave with corner posts. Rectangular die on plinth with mortar marks on top. Latin cross lying on grave.
Inscription
East (front) face:- To the / Dear Memory of my husband / EDWARD LE MAY / DIED NOVEMBER 2nd 1918 AGED 58 / ALSO OF HIS WIFE / MARY ANN / DIED MARCH 27 1952, AGED 95 / East (front) top:- ALSO / MARY ENID / BELOVED WIFE OF / DUDLEY OUR FIFTH SON / DIED NOV 7TH 1959 AGED 63. / South side:- ALSO / ALGERNON EDWARD LE MAY / LIEUT. 235B R.F.A. / OUR ELDEST SON / BELOVED HUSBAND OF CONSTANCE / DIED JULY 24TH 1917 OF WOUNDS / RECEIVED IN YPPES SALIENT. AGE 34. / South side 1st tier:- ALSO HIS WIFE CONSTANCE / DIED SERT. 23RD 1979 AGED 95 / West face:- ALSO / LESLIE ADAIR LE MAY / OUR THIRD SON / BELOVED HUSBAND OF DOROTHY / DIED NOV 4TH 1959 AGED 71 / ALSO DOROTHY / BELOVED WIFE OF LESLIE / DIED FEB 24TH 1977 AGED 87 / West top:- ALSO RALEIGH / OUR FORTH SON / BELOVED HUSBAND OF DOLLY / DIED AUG 6TH 1963, AGED 73 / North face:- TILL THE DAY DAWN AND THE SHADOWS ARE / PASSED / SLEEP, BELOVED ONES, SLEEP. / FREE FROM ALL WEARINESS CARE AND PAIN / AND THE TURMOIL AND DIN OF THE BATTLE / PLAIN. / ENFOLDED IN THE ARMS OF SHELTERING LOVE / OF THE GOD TRIUNE IN THE REALMS ABOVE, / SLEEP, BELOVED ONES, SLEEP. / M.A. LE MAY / North top:- ALSO OF / ZOE MARIE / BELOVED SCOND WIFE / OF DUDLEY / DIED AUG 28TH 1978 / AGED 73 /
Inscription legible?
no
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, service, relationship, date of death, place of wounding, age.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Tonbridge Historical Society - Memorial Inscriptions in Tonbridge Cemetery 1858 to 1920, Compiled 1976,

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