Memorial

Arthur and Wilfred Sparling - WW1

Arthur and Wilfred Sparling - WW1 - gravestone

Source: John Bastock

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Current Location

St James' Churchyard, Church Lane, Runcton Holme, Kings Lynn And West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE33 0AP, England

TF 61781 09685

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 114044
Description: Tall, marble, ornamented, wheeled cross on a tapering obelisk mounted on a rough-cut base. Commemoration is in raised, black, upper-case letters.
Inscription: TO/ THE BELOVED MEMORY OF/ ( name)/ LIEUTENANT/ 2ND/8TH ESSEX REGIMENT/ WHO DIED FEBRUARY 19 1915/ AGED36 YEARS/ AND OF/ (name)/ PRIVATE/ 8TH BATTALION CANADIANS/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FLANDERS/ JULY 13TH 1915/ AGED 33 YEARS/ (further commemoration on the base is illegible)

Gravestone

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good