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Binstead Cemetery

Mr George Lowther-Crofton (Major)

Title: Mr
Forenames: George
Surnames: Lowther-Crofton
Date of Death: 15/04/1915
Age at Death Years: 74
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Major
Map Reference Number: RSHG B015 A3
Plot Number: Binstead Old Cemetery Row K Plots 19 - 20
Grave Description: Double plot. Large budded cross with decorative celtic motifs, surmounted on 3 tiers with lead lettering. Surrounding plain kerbstones, stone slab cover and grass overgrowth.

Grave Condition: Good
Old Website Grave ID: 10897

Inscription:

Tier 1
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

Tier 2
ELLEN MARY,
WIFE OF GEORGE LOWTHER CROFTON,
OF HAZEL MOUNT IN THIS PARISH,
PASSED AWAY JUNE 7TH 1911,
AGED 69 YEARS.

Tier 3
AND HER HUSBAND GEORGE LOWTHER CROFTON,
FORMERLY 6TH DRAGOON GUARDS, MAJOR IN H.M. AUXILIARY FORCES,
PASSED AWAY AT HAZELMOUNT, APRIL 15TH 1915 AGED 74.

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
G & E Lowther Crofton August 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

Related Documents:

PDF file: Sale of House Contents by Auction
PDF file: National Probate Calendar

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