Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Pendle
- Town
- Earby
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71793
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Current location
Wheatlands Cemetery
Cemetery Road
Earby
Pendle
Lancashire
BB18 6QX
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 90959 47016
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Large ornate grey marble headstone surmounted by an urn.
- Inscription
- .…/ALSO EDWARD (Waite), THEIR SON/WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ AUG 24TH 1918, AGED 23 YEARS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Waite, Edward
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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