Memorial

J. Cripps

Location

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

Plot 25. Row a: No 4, Tonbridge Cemetery, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge, Tonbridge And Malling, Kent, TN10 3ED, England

TQ 59151 47833

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 71080
Description: A gothic shaped headstone with a border oddds ivy and lead letters set into recesses.
Inscription: Sacred / to the memory of / ELIZABETH. / WIFE OF WILLIAM CRIPPS. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / DECr 7TH 1911, AGED 68 YEARS / HER END WAS PEACE. / SLEEP ON BELOVED AND TAKE THY REST / LAY DOWN THY HEAD UPON THY SAVIOUR’S BREAST / WE LOVE THEE WELL, BUT JESU LOVES THEE BEST / GOOD NIGHT! GOOD NIGHT! GOOD NIGHT! / Also to the memory of / WILLIAM CRIPPS / HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED NOV. 24TH 1917, / AGED 75 YEARS. / CALM IS THY SLUMBER AS AN INFANT’S SLEEP; / BUT THOU SHALT WAKE NO MORE TO TOIL AND WEEP, / THINE IS A PERFECT REST SURE AND DEEP/ GOOD NIGHT! GOOD NIGHT! GOOD NIGHT! / Also to the memory of / JACK CRIPPS SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON H.M.S. / FORMIDABLE WHICH WAS SUNK / ON JAN. 1ST 1915 / AGED 40 YEARS.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forename, surname, relationship, place of death, date of death, age.

Gravestone

Height: 1500mm

Width: 760mm

Depth: 80mm

Made from: Stone