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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Allerdale
- Town
- Cockermouth
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 74740
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Current location
Grave O184
Cockermouth Cemetery
Lorton Road
Cockermouth
Allerdale
Cumbria
CA13 9DU
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 12701 30113
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- In loving memory of/John Dempster/who died June 22nd 1933/aged 77 years/Margaret beloved wife of/John Dempster/who died May 24th 1923/aged 64 years/George son of/John & Margaret Dempster/who died Aug. 16th 1910/aged 23 years/Also their son Pte Joseph Dempster/5th Border Reg who died from /wounds in action/may 25th 1915/aged 35 years & was interred at Ypres
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Dempster, Joseph
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, forename, relationships, manner of death, date of death, age, place of burial, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- 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
- Private Joseph Dempster
- WMO ID: 256755
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 28-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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