Tombstones - soldiers

"The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law"

Charles M. Scanlan

1909

Project Gutenburg

423.. Tombstones, Soldiers.—The United States will erect tombstones at the graves of soldiers who served in the Civil War, in all cemeteries where their graves are unmarked. Wherever the United States has jurisdiction over cemeteries, it has made it a criminal offense punishable by fine or imprisonment to deface a tombstone.757

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424. Indigent Soldiers, Tombstones.—Most of the States have statutes providing for the burial of indigent soldiers and for putting tombstones at their graves. The attention of relatives of deceased soldiers should be called to it.

Charles McCorrie VC

 

Charles McCorrie VC

Msida Bastion Cemetery - Malta

"He was approx. 25 years old, and a Private in the 57th Regiment (later Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)), British Army, during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 23 June 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea, Private McCorrie threw over the parapet a live shell which had been thrown from the enemy's battery.
He died in Malta on 8 April 1857"

Heyhoe

John Heyhoe
Died 5 may 1889
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William Heyhoe
Died 10 May 1889
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Colonel Edward Montagu CBE




Colonel Edward Montagu CBE
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Kalkara

Miss Lily A, Jackson
Died 21 October 1918
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Raymond Henery Goddard
Died 7 February 1924
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Karl Felgate Banham Died 18 February 1919

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see also Find a Grave

George Howard Lambley Died 22 April 1911

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Edward Bedingfield - Kalkara

Edward Bedingfield died 10th June 1929
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Admiral Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson

Sir Arthur Knyvett Wilson
(1842 – 25 May 1921)
Wikipedia

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Edward Montagu CBE - Died 14 January 1941



Colonel Edward Montagu CBE
Died 14 January 1941
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Jabez Greeves Scott 16 July 1925

Jabez Greeves Scott
Died 16 July 1925

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Bonchurch

All Saints - Bonchurch
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Stele - Little Snoring



Saint Andrew - Little Snoring [Link]
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Putto

Putto
Saint Margaret  - King's Lynn [Link]
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Putti



18th Century Putti - King's Lynn [Link]



Stele - Chale

Saint Andrew - Chale, Isle of Wight [Link]

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Skinner - Billockby

All Saints - Billockby [Link]

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James and Elizabeth Johnson

Saint Mary - Haddiscoe [Link]

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Priscilla (1880 - 1937) and Charles Brooks (1874 -1957)

Saint Mary - Haddiscoe [Link]

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Richard Scales Died 21st January 1918

Richard Scales
Died 21st January 1918
Saint Mark's New Lakenham, Norwich [Link]

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