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Binstead Cemetery

Mr John Albert (Jack) Dighton

Title: Mr
Forenames: John Albert (Jack)
Surnames: Dighton
Date of Birth: 05/06/1917
Date of Death: 15/09/1987
Burial Date: 21/09/1987
Age at Death Years: 70
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG B013
Plot Number: Binstead New Cemetery Section M Plot 7
Grave Description: Brown speckled marble with gold lettering, 2 rose motifs at top left and right, 2 integral flower holders at base. Metal plaque propped up in front. Memorial erected by T & J Ellery.
Grave Condition: Good
Old Website Grave ID: 12642
Dighton family August 2015 Photo by Colin Hunt

Inscription:

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY
OF
JOHN ALBERT DIGHTON
"MY JACK"
A LOVING HUSBAND
DAD AND GRANDDAD
BORN 5TH JUNE 1917
DIED 15TH SEPT 1987
SO SADLY MISSED SLEEP ON MY LOVE
NOT DEAD TO THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE
HE LIVES WITH US IN MEMORY
AND WILL FOREVER MORE

ALSO HIS WIFE
LIZZIE
1918 - 1994
REUNITED

Wooden plaque
DAD'S LIZZIE
EDITH LILLIAN DIGHTON
24/4/18 - 2/5/94
VERITAS PREAVALABIT

New plaque replacing wooden plaque recorded 7 Janaury 2013 propped up in front of marble memorial
DADS LIZZIE
EDITH LILLIAN (PLEDGE)
1918-1994

ALSO
IN MEMORY OF
MICHAEL TREVOR
THEIR YOUNGEST SON
1939-1997
VERITAS PREVALABIT

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
Dighton family July 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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