Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
St Albans
Town
St Albans
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
74173

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Current location

Plot B
St Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery
Hatfield Road
St Albans
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 4LU
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 16116 07291
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Addition to gravestone
Inscription
/IN LOVING MEMORY/OF/HORACE FREDERICK/THE BELOVED SON OF/HORACE SAMUEL & ROSE ARGENT/WHO DIED OF WOUNDS DEC. 27TH 1917/BURIED AT TAHTA, EGYPT:/AGED 19 YEARS/"HE SLEEPS NOT IN HIS NATIVE LAND/BUT NEATH SOME FOREIGN SKIES/AND FAR FROM THOSE WHO LOVED HIM BEST/IN A HERO'S GRAVE HE LIES./...
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Argent, Horace Frederick
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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: Forenames, surname, relationship, parents, manner of death, date of death, where buried, age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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