The family gravestone of James Casey |
Close up of Inscription on the Casey Family gravestone |
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Photograph by Pete Schofield
Grave Location and Inscription:
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In / Loving / Memory / Of / Lance Corpl. / James Casey / 9th Y&L / the beloved son of / John Thomas & Fanny Casey / of Stainbro / who fell in action / in France / Oct 9th 1917 aged 24 years / Thy will be done / Also the above named Fanny Casey / who died August 29th 1937 aged 66 years / At rest.
James Casey is also remembered on the Silkstone All Saints (originally Stainborough St James) Memorial Plaque he is also remembered on the Hood Green War Memorial Hood Green Rd Hood Green and on the Stainborough, Wentworth Castle Roll of Honour
James Casey is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium and commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
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