Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
East Hertfordshire
Town
Bishops Stortford
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
94344

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Current location

Old Cemetery
Cemetery Road
Bishops Stortford
East Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
CM23 3UE
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 48599 20805
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Family gravestone with additional name to that remembered
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ OUR DEAR SON/ PTE. CECIL J. BURN R.F./ KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ 6TH. OCTOBER 1940 AGED 23 YEARS./ " A LIFE (UNREADABLE) IN THE/ SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY.
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Burn, Cecil
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Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Family relationship, rank, forename, middle initial, surname. regiment initials, cause of death, date of death, age at death
    Order of information: As above
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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