Memorial

Private W Watmough

The family headstone

Source: David Long

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Current Location

St John the Evangelist’s Churchyard , Radcliffe New Road (A665) , Radcliffe , Bury, Greater Manchester, M26 1LS , England

SD78811 06801

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 105107
Description: Tall, lancet arched sandstone headstone with cutaway sides and a dove descending with an open Bible inscribed with the words Thy will be done carved on a floral ground above the incised inscription. The stones sits at the head of a double space ledger tomb.
Inscription: .../ Also Private Wilfred Watmough,/ 1-7th Manchester Reg., Youngest son of/ Willis & Sarah Ellen Watmough/ Who was Killed in Action in France April/ 5th 1928, Aged 25 years./ May his reward be as great as his sacrifice./ ....

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit, relationship, parents' names, manner, country, and date of death, age
Order of names: As above

Gravestone

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good