All Saints Churchyard - Sheepy Magna

World War I

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  • Listing Status: Not Individually Listed
  • District: Hinckley & Bosworth
  • Parish: Sheepy

Stone with cross shape at top and leaded lettering

Gallery
View Further Details Memorial Type:Gravestone, Family Ref: WMP1023 Other Designation: No Information Sources: Sheepy Local History Society, LCC

Location

All Saints Churchyard - Sheepy Magna
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Inscription Reads

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM HY EMERY
(OF SHEEPY)
GUNNER IN THE
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
THE BELOVED SON OF
WILLIAM & AMY EMERY
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
SEPTR 14TH 1917 AGED 19 YEARS
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
"IN THE MIDST OF LIFE, WE ARE IN DEATH"
ALSO OF THE ABOVE AMY EMERY
DIED DEC 11 1928
AGED 64 YEARS
THE LORD'S WILL BE DONE
ALSO WILLIAM EMERY, HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE

Casualties Listing

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died Emery - William Henry Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 244 Siege Bty 14/09/1917
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