Saturday 5 September 2015

Penistone Stottercliffe Cemetery Thomas Ford

The Family gravestone of Thomas Ford
Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Lives of the First World War

Photograph by Joe Pinguey

Grave Location and Inscription:-
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In Loving Memory of / Mary / wife of / John Ford / of Thurlstone / who died Jan 24th 1912 / aged 49 years / Also in memory of / Private Thomas Ford / 1st Batt North Staffs Regt / killed in action Sep 28th 1918 / aged 19 years / His life he gave for King and Country  / also John Ford / died April 14th 1929 / aged 76 years.

Thomas Ford is remembered on the Thurlstone St Saviours Church WW1 Memorial Plaque and the Penistone Royal British Legion WW1 Roll of Honour


Thomas Ford is buried in the Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery extension in France and commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.



BWMP # PEN08/7