Memorial

St Aidan, Billinge - W E Hitchen

The gravestone

Source: Copyright David Long

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Current Location

St Aidan's churchyard extension, Main Street, Billinge, St Helens, Merseyside, WN5 7LA, England

SD 53348 00733

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 91478
Description: A nowy-headed sandstone headstone with stylised pilasters, and with the top cut back from a roundel bearing the family's initial, 'H', with leaf carvings to each side. The inscription is incised, and painted black.
Inscription: .../ Also William Edward son of the above/ who died in France June 18th 1918/ Aged 22 years./ ....

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Family name, forenames, relationship, manner, place, and date of death, age
Order of names: Family name, forenames, relationship, manner, place, and date of death, age

Gravestone

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good