Thursday 10 September 2015

Worsborough St. Thomas Churchyard Oliver Roebuck

The family gravestone of Oliver Roebuck


Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Lives of the First World War

Photograph by Pete Schofield

Grave Location and Inscription:
N/K
In Loving Memory / Of / Harold / the beloved son of / Allen & Emily Roebuck / who entered into rest / May 14th 1913 / aged 31 years / He suffered long, but murmured not. / also Pte. Oliver Roebuck K.O.Y.L.I. son of the above / who fell in action in France May 3rd 1917, in his 24th year / also the above named Allen Roebuck / who died May 16th 1921, aged 75 years / also Emily wife of the above / who died Feby. 6th 1925 aged 74 years / At rest in the homeland.

Oliver Roebuck is  remembered on the Combined Memorial, St Thomas & St James Church, Worsborough Dale,

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial in France and commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.



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