Memorial

Gunner A Howitt

The gravestone

Source: Copyright Friends of Weaste Cemeteries

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Current Location

Weaste Cemetery, Plot 34.44, Cemetery Road, Weaste, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5NR, England

SJ 80035 98124

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 95628
Description: Lancet arched sandstone headstone with cutaway sides, and a shield, bearing the words, Thy will be done, carved within a roundel above the incised inscription.
Inscription: .../ Also Gnr A Howitt, RFA/ beloved son of/ Adam & Elizabeth Howitt,/ who Died through the affects (sic)/ of gas in France July 15th 1917,/ Aged 19 years.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, initial, surname, unit, relationship, parents' names, manner, country, and date of death, age
Order of names: As above

Gravestone

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

The Friends of Salford Cemeteries have compiled information relating to those commemorated in the City’s Cemeteries here: http://www.spanglefish.com/fourcemeteriesandawar/index.asp