Tom and Walter Softley

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Reference WMO/263026

Address:

St Clements Churchyard

Church Lane

Sutton on Sea

LN12 2JB

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 Slate
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Slate tablet
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF/WALTER SOFTLEY/WHO DIED NOVEMBER 8TH 1945, AGED 80 YEARS/ALSO OF THE SONS OF THE ABOVE/WALTER SOFTLEY/WHO WAS KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND/MAY 31ST 1916, AGED 20 YEARS/AND SERGT. TOM SOFTLEY/WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION/AUGUST 5TH 1917, AGED 26 YEARS/ALSO OF GRACE ANN/WIFE OF WALTER SOFTLEY/DIED APRIL 15TH 1949, AGED 82 YEARS/IN GOD'S KEEPING

Refers to SOFTLEY Tom. Private. 234282. Aged 26. 8th Bn. Canadian Infantry, Son of Walter and Grace Ann Softley, of 4, Womersley Place, Leeds and Bradford Rd., Stanningley, Leeds, England. Native of Farsley, Leeds. Killed in action 05 August 1917. Buried at BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION. Grave IV. D. 4; SOFTLEY, Walter. Wireman 2nd Class. Aged 20. H.M.S. "Lion." Royal Navy. Son of Walter and Grace Ann Softley, of 492, Bowling Old Lane, Bank Foot, Bradford. Missing presumed killed 31st May 1916. Commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 20

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