Memorial

Private J. Branch and Lance Corporal W. Branch

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Current Location

St Margaret's Churchyard, Fore Street, Northam, Torridge, Devon, EX39 1JL, England

SS 44862 29042

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 86086
Description: Additions to family gravestone. Incised inscriptions and names.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MARY ANN BRANCH, / WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY / FEBY. 28TH. 1943, AGED 73 YEARS. / AT REST. / ALSO OF / JAMES BRANCH, / HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE. / ALSO THEIR TWO SONS / PTE. JAMES BRANCH, / WHO DIED OF WOUNDS AT ALDERSHOT / NOVR. 20TH. 1914, AGED 24 YEARS. / L/CPL WILFRED BRANCH, / WHO WAS KILLED AT VIMY RIDGE / APRIL 22ND. 1917, AGED 22 YEARS. / BOTH OF THE DEVONSHIRE REGT. / PEACE PERFECT PEACE.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, regiment, relationships
Order of names: Year died

Gravestone

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good