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    Memorial

    Corporal T Relph

    The Family Gravestone rear

    Source: Copyright Mike Coyle

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    Current Location

    St Lawrence's Churchyard, Boroughgate, Appleby, Eden, Cumbria, CA16 6QN, England

    OS Grid Reference

    NY 68330 20443

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Addition to gravestone
    WMR Reference Number
    86787
    Description
    Pointed-arch stone on family grave, the reverse face of which bears the incised inscription commemorating Corporal Tom Relph.
    Inscription
    IN/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ CORPORAL TOM RELPH/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION/ JULY 10TH 1917./ FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname, forename, rank, manner of death, date of death
    Sponsor Type
    private

    Components

    Gravestone

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


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    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    269061

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    • Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty Register: Corporal TOM RELPH (Service Number: 15404), 11th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 10 July 1917, aged 25. Commemorated on Panel 8 at NIEUPORT MEMORIAL, Belgium. ('Additional Info: Son of Joseph and Mary Relph, of Main St., Shap, Penrith'). https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1640898/tom-relph/
  • Find a Grave website: photo of Corporal Relph's commemoration on Nieuport Memorial in Belgium: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13933654/tom-relph
  • Penrith Observer, Tuesday, 24 July 1917 (page 5); Column headed 'LOCAL WAR NOTES. THE ROLL OF HONOUR' included mention that: 'News has reached Shap that Pte. Thomas Relph, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Relph, Central Buildings, has been killed in the recent coast battle and interred in a cemetery at Nieuport. Deceased was a grocer having served his apprenticeship at Messrs. Hetherington Bros'., branch shop at Shap before taking up a manager-ship at Appleby from whence he joined a battalion of the Border Regiment. Another brother is on active service at Salonica'.
  • https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/269061/