Memorial

William Harper

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Current Location

Cemetery, Abercarn Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Abercarn, Islwyn, Gwent, NP11 5JS, Wales

ST 22126 95596

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 3607
Description: Stone of Remembrance. Addition to family gravestone. Stone on plinth. Cross at the top and IHS carved below with foliate design below this.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM HARPER/ CWMCARN/ WHO FELL IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ APRIL 25, 1917, AGED 49 YRS./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS Also on the grave, below the dedication to William Harper, is a memorial to the son of William and his wife Sarah Edith Harper, Joseph Harper who died December 17th 1919 aged 13.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: year died,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
Order of names: forename, surname, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age of death, relationships and additonal information.