Private Harry M. Boon

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Reference WMO/136962

Address:

Churchyard Extension

Mildenhall Road

Fordham

CB7 5NR

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Addition to Gravestone
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Addition to the grave of Emma Boon, wife of Harry Boon:Commemorating their beloved son Harry Montague Boon, 3rd City of London Battn, The London Regiment, who died from wounds Sep 6th 1918 aged 18 years, interred in Rouen Military Cemetery, France. A red granite cross upon a three-tier base within a square grave surround.
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IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF EMMA, THE BELOVED WIFE OF HARRY BOON, WHO DIED 28TH APRIL 1916, AGED 57 YEARS. 'ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME, LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE.' _______________ ALSO OF THEIR BELOVED SON HARRY MONTAGUE BOON 3RD CITY OF LONDON BATTN. THE LONDON REGT. WHO DIED FROM WOUNDS SEP-6 1918, AGED 18 YEARS. INTERRED IN ROUEN MILITARY CEMETERY FRANCE.

HARRY MONTAGUE BOON.

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