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    Memorial

    Sapper Basil R Gale

    A calvary cross on a plinth and step, commemorating two deaths, one body being buried at locus, the other commemorated.

    Source: Sue Cooper

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    Current Location

    Plot N3/ 2433, The Rosary Cemetery, Rosary Road, Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4DA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TG 24192 08403

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    Type of Memorial
    Addition to gravestone
    WMR Reference Number
    111709
    Description
    A calvary cross on a plinth and step, commemorating two deaths, one body being buried at locus, the other commemorated.
    Inscription
    FOUGHT / THE GOOD FIGHT / IN EVERLOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM J. GALE (CADET) / WHO PASSED AWAY AT / PARKHURST BARRACKS / NEWPORT ISLE OF WIGHT / NOV. 3RD 1918 / AFTER SERVING 3 YEARS IN FRANCE / 10 MONTHS IN TRAINING FOR AN OFFICER / BASIL R. GALE / (SAPPER) 203 BRIDGE ROYAL ENGINEERS / KILLED IN ACTION / JUNE 7TH 1918 . (UNREADABLE) FRANCE (UNREADABLE) / AGED 21 YEARS / (...)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Name, rank, regiment, cause, date and place of death, age
    Order of names
    As above
    Maker(s)

    Ceremonies

    Components

    Gravestone

    Height: 1219mm

    Width: 618mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good