Memorial

Sapper H Smith

The gravestone

Source: Copyright Berenice Baynham

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Current Location

Weaste Cemetery, Section M, 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: 96029
Description: Flat-topped sandstone headstone with a raised panel on the left bearing a carving of a rose. The inscription is incised.
Inscription: .../ Also their second son/ James (Sgt. Flt/Eng. RAF)/ Who lost his life on operational duty/ 20th July 1944, Aged 21 years./ Buried at Manor du Val, France./ The ways of God passeth all understanding./ Reunited in death./ .../ Also Spr. Harry Smith (RE)/ Killed at Ypres/ 6th Sept. 1917,/ Aged 24 years.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Family name, relationship, forename, rank, unit, manner, and date of death, age, burial details
Order of names: As above

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

Gravestone

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good