Sunday, 9 August 2015

Barnsley Cemetery George Wainwright WW2

The family gravestone of George Wainwright.
Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photograph by Pete Schofield

Grave Location and Inscription:
C325
In Memory Of / a dear son / F/Lt Sgt.George Wainwright/ killed in action over Italy / March 25th 1945 aged 23 years / Also George Henry / a dear husband / and father of the above / died June 17th 1945 / aged 63 years / Also Annie / a devoted wife and mother / died December 7th 1977 / aged 80 years. George Wainwright is buried /in the Padua War cemetery Italy and commemorated on Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. BWMP # BAR07/47