31 Days of Graves Day 27 Military

The sword on this memorial stone is a cavalry sabre, and is accompanied by a rifle, and a pistol. The headstone, which is in the churchyard of All Saints with Holy Trinity, remembers Robert Hayes, son of Daniel Hayes and Mary (née Cumberland) of Loughborough Parks, who was born in 1788, and died in 1807. In the early 19th century, imagery on memorial stones became rather more directly related to the earthly life of the person, rather than the use of generic images. These particular images suggest that Robert was an officer, or a high-ranking military member, and the year of his death might suggest he was taking part in the Napoleonic Wars, perhaps the Copenhagen Expedition. There is more information about this conflict on the National Army Museum webpages. However, I am not a military historian, so please don't take my word for it.

 

The following memorials in the old cemetery on Leicester Road, we will remember them, not in words but in silence and photographs. There is more information available, and this is accessed via the person's name.

 

166514, Driver, John William Smith, Royal Field Artillery, 21st September 1919, age 40.

45190 Serjeant Percy Onions, Machine Gun Corps. (Inf) 15th November 1918 age 26

74166 Private James Pearson Royal Defence Corps and Cheshire Regiment 10th November 1918 age 28

 

241289 Sergeant Thomas Marston Military Medal and Two Bars The Leicestershire Regiment 10 June 1922

There is more information about Thomas Marston on the Carillon website; on the BBC news pages, and on the Royal Leicester Regiment webpages. 

The memorial to POW Leonhard Rademacher can be found amongst other POWs in the new part of the Leicester Road cemetery which was opened in 1947.

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31 Days of Graves Day 26 Unusual Shape

Looking around the cemeteries in Loughborough, there are a huge number of interestingly shaped memorial stones. Today I am sharing here some of the ones I’ve found – no words, just photographs!! These can all be found in the old cemetery on Leicester Road. Some probably aren't all that unusual, but these are the ones that appealed to me.

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31 Days of Graves Day 25 Humble

Humble is another of those words which could be interpreted in a variety of ways. I’ve chosen to use it to mean unassuming, so not showy. Here are the transcriptions of the memorial stones, together with a photograph or two.

This first memorial stone is in the churchyard of All Saints with Holy Trinity. It's clear from the stone against which it leans, that it is considerably smaller than those around it.

John son of

Thos Wilford

died 18th May

1756

aged 18 months

 

The following memorial stones are to be found in the old cemetery on Leicester Road. Again, this next memorial stone is considerably smaller than those that are nearby.

 In loving

Memory of

Jane Tyler

died 12th Aug 1937

aged 54 years.

Also of

Her beloved husband

John Henry

Killed in action

9th Nov 1917

aged 37 years

John Henry Tyler was killed fighting in the First World War, and his story is told on the Loughborough Roll of Honour, being the last-but-one entry on the webpage. 

  

Although the stones closest to this memorial are broken and thus lying flat, it is clear this memorial is smaller than many of the others.

In loving

Memory of

a dear wife & mother

Harriet Smith

who died

21st Feb 1938

aged 54 years

Also Nellie beloved

daughter of above

who died

3rd March 1912

aged 4 years

 

 

Another small memorial stone.

In loving memory of

Cecil George

Taylor (Ben)

died 22nd Feb 1952

aged 55 years

“Good-night

God bless you”

Also his loving wife

Mabel

died 23rd May 1983

Re-united

 

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31 Days of Graves Day 24 Flowers

Today I’m going to keep quiet and simply give you a lovely bunch of flowers, all found in the old cemetery on Leicester Road! Please enjoy!

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31 Days of Graves Day 23 Picture Perfect

For today’s theme of Picture Perfect, I will simply share some recent photographs I have taken of two of our cemeteries – the old cemetery on Leicester Road, and the cemetery in the churchyard of All Saints with Holy Trinity.

 

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