Memorial

Lance Corporal J Hird MM and Corporal J Hird

Gravestone

Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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Current Location

South west churchyard, beside the boundary wall, St Catherine's Church, Church Lonning, Boot, Eskdale, Copeland, Cumbria, CA19 1TG, England

NY 17622 00451

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 74787
Description: Addition to family gravestone, which is a round marble pillar on a base and surmounted by an urn
Inscription: .... ALSO/LANCE CORPL/JOSEPH HIRD MM/BORDER REGIMENT/ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM/AND ESTHER HIRD/KILLED IN ACTION AT ROUCY/IN FRANCE 27TH MAY 1918/AGED 33 YEARS/ALSO/CORPL JOHN HIRD/BORDER REGIMENT/THEIR FOURTH SON/KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/OCTOBER 20TH 1918/AGED 23 YEARS/AND WAS BURIED AT/EMEREOD COMMUNAL CEMETERY/EXTENSION NEAR LE CATEAU

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, decorations, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age, place of burial

Pillar

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good