Memorial

Edwin Bower & Tom Bower

Edwin Bower kerbstone

Source: Copyright Pete Schofield (Barnsley War Memorials Project)

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Current Location

Plot G, Number 373, Barnsley Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Barnsley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 1XH, England

SE 35335 05666

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 72697
Description: Kerbstones around graveplot. Lead lettering on pale stone. Commemorates two WW1 soldiers, their parents and a grandson.
Inscription: First Kerbstone: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS, THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF ELLEN BOWER / WHO DIED APRIL 12TH 1930 AGED 69 YEARS // Second Kerbstone: ALSO ELLEN, DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF THE AFORESAID / WHO DIED MARCH 13TH 1939 AGED 75 YEARS / RE-UNITED // Third Kerbstone: ALSO PRIVATE EDWIN BOWER, THEIR SON / KILLED IN ACTION JULY 1ST 1916 AGED 30 YEARS // Fourth Kerbstone: ALSO PRIVATE TOM BOWER, THEIR SON / KILLED IN ACTION SEPT. 10TH 1918 AGED 22 YEARS // Fifth Kerbstone: ALSO WALTER BOWER THEIR GRANDSON / WHO DIED FEB.17TH 1934 AGED 22 YEARS //

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Rank, Forname, Surname, mode of death, date of death, age