Memorial

Captain G G C and 2nd Lieutenant A S Niven

David Ayling Dec 2017

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Current Location

Plot B, Putney Vale Cemetery, Stag Lane, Putney, Wandsworth, Greater London, SW15 3ED, England

TQ 22158 72618

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 75267
Description: Addition to gravestone. In all likelihood this is the grave of George Geoffrey Connell Niven.
Inscription: .../ALSO/IN PROUD AND EVER/LOVING MEMORY OF/CAPT. GEORGE GEOFFREY/CONNELL NIVEN. M.C./THE EAST SURREY REGIMENT/ELDER SON OF/GEORGE & NELLIE NIVEN/WHO DIED SUDDENLY/ON 6TH OCTOBER 1922/FROM THE AFTER EFFECTS/OF GASSING RECEIVED/WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE/DURING THE GREAT WAR/AGED 31 YEARS/.../IN PROUD AND EVER/LOVING MEMORY OF/2ND LIEUT./ALAN SCOTT NIVEN/THE KING'S OWN REGIMENT/(ROYAL LANCASTERS)/YOUNGER SON OF/GEORGE & NELLIE NIVEN/OF "SHIANTELLE"/STREATHAM PARK/WHO WAS KILLED IN/ACTION AT PASSCHENDAELE/ON 4TH SEPTEMBER 1917/AGED 22 YEARS/

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, decoration, regiment, relationship, parents, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age of death

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good