Memorial

J Rawsthorne

The grave

Source: Copyright David Long

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Current Location

Plot A402, St Chad's Churchyard, Old Hall Lane, Kirkby, Knowsley, Merseyside, L32 5TH, England

SJ 40795 98970

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 100511
Description: Two-stepped sandstone-base for a (now absent) cross, with incised inscription, on a kerbed family grave.
Inscription: [6 o'clock face]: IN LOVING/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ JOHN RAWSTHORNE/ WHO DIED MAY 20TH 1887/ AGED 62 YEARS./ O LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKEST AWAY THE/ SINS OF THE WORLD GRANT US THY PEACE/ ALSO OF ANNE, DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED FEBRUARY 23RD 1926,/ AGED 61 YEARS. [3 o'clock face]: IN LOVING/ MEMORY OF/ JANE RAWSTHORNE/ WHO DIED NOVEMBER 24TH 1988,/ AGED 57 YEARS./ INTO THINE HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT,/ THOU HAST REDEEMED ME O LORD GOD OF TRUTH. [12 o'clock face]: ALSO JOHN RAWSTHORNE, R.N./ OF H.M.S. BULWARK,/ KILLED AT SEA NOV. 26TH 1914,/ AGED 30 YEARS. [9 o'clock face]: ALSO OF JOHN RAWSTHORNE/ WHO DIED DECEMBER 1896/ AGED 39 YEARS

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forename, surname, unit, manner and date of death, age, relationships.

Base

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224653459/john-rawsthorne
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty Register: Electrician JOHN RAWSTHORNE (Service Number: 347398), Royal Navy; H.M.S. "Bulwark." Died 26 November 1914, aged 30. Commemorated on Panel 5 of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, United Kingdom. 'Son of John and Elizabeth Rawsthorne, of Liverpool'. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2871911/john-rawsthorne/