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
72826

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Current location

Plot 5. Row o: No 6.
Tonbridge Cemetery
Shipbourne Road
Tonbridge
Tonbridge And Malling
Kent
TN10 3ED
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 59099 47686
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A Celtic cross mounted onto a plinth and base, with a chain ornamentation and leaded lettering. The whole is surrounded with a kerb.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ JEREMY FREDERICK JEPHSON/ COMMANDER IN THE P. & O. COMPANY’S SERVICE/ BORN 11 SEP. 1850./DIED 23 MARCH 1903./ Also of MARY ELLEN/ -HIS WIFE -/ BORN MAY 4. 1854. DIED APL.23.1934./ ALSO of/ EDWARD JEREMY/ JEPHSON/ KILLED IN ACTION/ SEP. 15 1916. AGED 31./ Also of/ JOHN MOUNTENEY/ JEPHSON/ DIED APRIL 13. 1909/ AGED 20./
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname, manner of death, date of death, age at death.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Page 158 of 'Inscriptions on the memorials in the Older section of Tonbridge Cemetery, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge, Kent' 1976 - Tonbridge Historical Society

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