Binbrook - BURKINSHAW Francis William

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Reference WMO261346

Address:

ss Mary & Gabriel Churchyard

Binbrook, Lincolnshire

LN8 6EB

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 Marble
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Unadorned Latin cross on three tiered stepped base, black lettering It would appear that this memorial has been rebuilt and the top two layers have been laid 180 degrees out of position, since the inscrcriptions only make sense if the top two blocks were turned 180 degrees. Charles William was the father of Francis William, and the incsriptions should read as follows
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Read on memorial Front face: Also/ in memory of/ HIS ONLY SON/ FRANCIS WILLIAM/ BURKINSHAW. M.C./ CAPTAIN R.F.A./ DIED 13TH AUG. 1908, AGED 43 YEARS/ ETERNAL REST GIVE TO HIM O LORD Rear face: In/ Loving Memory/ of/ CHARLES WILLIAM/ BURKINSHAW/ WHO DIED OF WOUNDS 30TH MARCH, 1916,/ AND WAS BURIED AT SEA, AGED 26 YEARS. Should read: Front In / loving memory / of CHARLES WILLIAM / BURKINSHAW / DIED 13TH AUG. 1908. AGED 48 YEARS Rear Also/ in memory of/ HIS ONLY SON/ FRANCIS WILLIAM/ BURKINSHAW. M.C./ CAPTAIN R.F.A. / WHO DIED OF WOUNDS 30TH MARCH, 1916, / AND WAS BURIED AT SEA, / AGED 26 YEARS

Refers to: BURKINSHAW Francis William, Captain. Royal Field Artillery, 19th Bty. 9th Bde. Commemorated Panel 3 and 60, Basra Memorial, Iraq.

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