Memorial

Second Lieutenant N Bewick/ Berwick

The headstone - with adjacent marker

Source: David Long

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Current Location

Heaton Cemetery , B6202 Tudor Avenue/ Gilnow Road , Heaton , Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL1 4LH , England

SD 69910 08895

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 109873
Description: A memorial in two parts: Firstly: A blacked incised inscription on the bottom of three steps of a fleury sandstone Calvary cross with the Christogram IHS carved at the crossing. The family name on the other inscriptions is Paddock, the subject's in-laws. The name here is spelt BERWICK. Secondly: A separate sandstone marker in the form of a scroll carrying an incised inscription and his wife's names. The name here is spelt BEWICK - the name found on the CWGC register..
Inscription: On the headstone: Lt. N Berwick RFA/ Died Jan 22nd 1918, Aged 24 years On the adjacent marker: To the Glorious and Proud/ Memory of/ Sec. Lieut. N Bewick RFA/ The dearly loved husband/ of/ Frances A Bewick;/ Who was/ Killed in Action at/ St Julien [NE Ypres],/ on January 22nd 1918,/ Aged 24 years./ Not my will, O Lord, but Thine.

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

Gravestone

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

Gravestone

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good