Memorial
Leigh Cemetery - W Smith
The gravestone
Source: Copyright David Long
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Current Location
Leigh Cemetery, Manchester Road, Leigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN7 2NP, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 68180 99909
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 92174
- Description
- A tall granite headstone with a triangular arch on a substantial base. The inscription is incised and gilded.
- Inscription
- .../ And of his son William/ Killed in Action at Ypres/ 9th June 1917, in his 21st year,/ and interred at Lijssenhoek Military Cemetery.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Family name, relationship, forename, manner, place, and date of death, age, burial details
- Order of names
- As above
- Custodian
- Wigan Council
Components
- Gravestone
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good