Friday, 9 January 2015

Monk Bretton Cemetery Robert Craven 1888-1917

Robert is remembered on his parents' gravestone
Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Lives of the First World War

Photograph by Nigel Croft

Monumental Inscription by the Barnsley Family History Society

Grave Location and Inscription:
 

G069
In / loving / memory of / THOMAS CRAVEN, / died March 19th 1913, / aged 49 years. / Also ELLEN CRAVEN, / wife of the above / died April 9th 1933, aged 72 years. / Also WALTER HAWKSWORTH, / grandson of the above / died Nov.1st 1913, aged 2 years. / Dearly loved. / Also ROBERT CRAVEN, / the dearly loved son of the above / died in France Jan. 22nd 1917, in his 28th year. / Sweet rest. / Also JOHN THOMAS CRAVEN, / died Jan. 17th 1965, aged 78 years. / Loved and remembered. //

Robert is also remembered on the following memorials:

Ardsley, Christ Church, Ardsley United Methodists - WW1 Roll of Honour 
Ardsley, Christ Church, Ardsley United Methodists - WW1 Plaque  
Ardsley, Christ Church, Christ Church Parishioners - WW1 Plaque

He is buried in the Pont-Remy British Cemetery in France and commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.



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