Grave of Richard Whiteley & Family

Saint Mary's, Cottonstones

The grave of Richard Whiteley & family at Saint Mary's, Cottonstones, a white marble headstone opposite the Church door

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IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
     
RICHARD  WHITELEY
     
OF GREAT HOUSE, SOYLAND,
BORN DECEMBER 25TH 1856,
DIED JUNE 12TH 1892.
     
ALSO WILLIAM HENRY, BELOVED SON OF
RICHARD AND HANNAH WHITELEY,
BORN MARCH 30TH 1883, DIED JANY 21ST 1887.
     
ALSO ERNEST WHITELEY, THEIR SON,
BORN MAY 25TH 1885, DIED MARCH 17TH 1887.
     
ALSO WILFRED WHITELEY, THEIR SON,
BORN MAY 5TH 1891, DIED SEPR 5TH 1891.
     
HE TAKETH HIS YOUNG LAMBS HOME.
     
ALSO PTE IVO  WHITELEY, THEIR SON
WHO DIED A PRISONER OF WAR AT LAON,
AUGUST 6TH 1918, AGED 31 YEARS.
     
"A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND."
     
ALSO HANNAH, WIFE OF THE ABOVE
RICHARD WHITELEY,
DIED MAY 25TH 1929, AGED 72 YEARS.

[Taken in January 2014]

This image [HH525.JPG] was kindly submitted by Derrick Habergham

© Malcolm Bull 2022
Revised 18:26 / 19th December 2022 / 3618

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