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Monumental Inscriptions of St Margaret's Cemetery, Maidstone Road, Rochester
                                                                                   
 - recorded by D. E. Williams 2007-08

Section Ma   (Pre - 1920)

1217.   [M1]   Curbs

South Side
DAVID ATTREE WHO DIED 24. 1. 15 AGED 70 YEARS

North Side
ALSO JANE ATTREE WHO DIED 14. 7. 19 AGED 70 YEARS

1218.   [M2]   Curbs

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ALICE MARGARET AUSTIN WHO DIED OCT. 24th 1919 AGED 27 YEARS

South Side
ALSO OF LITTLE CISSIE WHO DIED JUNE 17th 1919 AGED 7 YEARS

1219.   [M3]   Curbs

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLES FREDERICK BROOMFIELD WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 5th 1904 AGED 63 YEARS (one line)

South Side
ALSO ESTHER HIS WIFE WHO DIED MARCH 20th 1926 AGED 77 YEARS

1220.   [M4]   Curbs

North Side
EDWARD BROWN DIED 13th JULY 1899 AGED 36 YEARS

South Side
ALSO ELIZABETH MARTHA HIS WIFE DIED 1st MARCH 1940 AGED 77 YEARS

COLESWORTHY see PETT

1221.   [M5]   Curbs

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARIA LEMAR COOMBER WHO DIED 27th JULY 1905 AGED 83 YEARS

1222.   [M6]   CWGC Headstone

6580 LANCE CPL.
J. COSGROVE
ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT
19th APRIL 1917

1223.   [M7]   Curbs

North Side
ALICE CRISFIELD WHO DIED 16th FEBRUARY 1915 AGED 65 YEARS
AND CHARLES JOHN CRISFIELD WHO DIED 8th MARCH 1917 AGED 65 YEARS

South Side
ALSO OF ELIZABETH MARY CRISFIELD WHO DIED 23rd MARCH 1937 AGED 53 YEARS

1224.   [M8]   Curbs

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ELLEN ELIZA THE BELOVED WIFE OF ABRAHAM DAVEY OF THE CITY OF EXETER FELL ASLEEP DEC. 29th 1912 (one line)

1225.   [M9]   Curbs

EMILY THE BELOVED WIFE OF GEORGE DEEPROSE WHO ENTERED INTO REST 7th FEBRUARY 1907 AGED 70 YEARS (one line)
ALSO THE ABOVE GEORGE DEEPROSE WHO ENTERED INTO REST 11th JANUARY 1919 AGED 84 YEARS (one line)

1226.   [M10]   Curbs

IN LOVING MEMORY OF EMMA EVANS WHO DIED 24th NOV. 1918 AGED 42 YEARS

1227.   [M11]   Pedestals and Cross

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
OUR DARLING SON
WILLIAM
JOHN FIELD P.W.O.
CIVIL SERVICE RIFLES
WHO DIED OF WOUNDS AT 62 C. C.
STATION, FRANCE ON JULY 28th 1918
AGED 24 YEARS
"Safe in God’s keeping, his sacrifices known"
ALSO JACOB FIELD, BROTHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED ON HIS BIRTHDAY
MARCH 6th 1916 AGED 32 YEARS
ALSO MARIA KATHLEEN DAUGHTER OF JACOB FIELD
WHO DIED OCTOBER 23rd 1906 AGED 8 MONTHS

1228.   [M12]   Curbs

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JANE FIRMAN DIED 29 X1 05

South Side
ALSO CHARLES FIRMAN DIED 17 1 06

1229.   [M13]   Curbs

JOHN FORGE WHO ENTERED INTO REST 20th OCTOBER 1904? AGED 73 YEARS

1230.   [M14]   Headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DOROTHY RUTTER
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM JOHN GILBERT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 22nd MARCH 1912
AGED 48 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
WILLIAM JOHN GILBERT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 16th JUNE 1930
AGED 65 YEARS

1231.   [M15]   Headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARY JANE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
EDWARD HENRY GOODSELL
WHO DIED 5th NOVEMBER 1912
AGED 43 YEARS
"Thy will be done"

1232.   [M16]   CWGC Headstone

493287 CORPORAL
W. M. GULL
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
27th OCTOBER 1918 AGE 29

"Ever in our thoughts"

HALES see REYNOLD

1233.   [M17]   CWGC Headstone and Curbs

Headstone
12047 PRIVATE
R. HAWES
ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT
13th FEBRUARY 1917 AGE 26

North Curb
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROBERT HAWES L. Cpl. R.W.K. REGT. WHO DIED 13th FEBRUARY 1917 AT KING GEORGE’S HOSPITAL, WATERLOO (one line)
THROUGH WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AGED 26 YEARS
ALSO HARRY HAWES PTE. WARWICKSHIRE REGT. MISSING 25th SEPT. 1915 AGED 30 YEARS

South Curb
ALSO HENRY HAWES WHO DIED 24th JAN. 1933 AGED 74 YEARS

1234.   [M18]   Curbs

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ALICE HAYES DIED NOV. 7th 1901 AGED 50 YEARS

South Side
ALSO WILLIAM TAYLOR DIED JULY 30th 1904 AGED 82 ALSO HARRIETT HIS WIFE DIED SEPT. 7th 1905 AGED 80 (one line)

1235.   [M19]   Curbs

North Side
JOHN EDGAR HAYNES WHO DIED 26th DEC. 1905 AGED 44 YEARS
ALSO H. MAUD HAYNES WHO DIED 12th JAN. 1942 AGED 75 YEARS

South Side
ALSO ERNEST JOHN EDGAR BORN 1st MARCH 1902 DIED 7th APRIL 1902

HIBBENS see REYNOLDS

1236.   [M20]   Curbs

North Side
HETTY ANN THE BELOVED WIFE OF HENRY HOLLANDS WHO DIED JANUARY 10th 1909 AGED 68 YEARS (one line)

South Side
ALSO SUSANNAH HOLLANDS WHO DIED 31st OCTOBER 1912 AGED 74 YEARS

1237.   [M21]   CWGC Headstone

S2SR/02748 STAFF SERGT.
F. HONEY
ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
19th JULY 1918
ALSO HIS MOTHER ANN
10th FEBRUARY 1911 AGED 64

1238.   [M22]   Pedestals

DOROTHY
MARY JARMAN
"LITTLE TICKY"
DIED NOVEMBER 14th 1910
AGED 3 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS
LIZZIE JARMAN
DIED DECEMBER 7th 1948
AGED 80 YEARS

KING see REYNOLDS

1239.   [M23]   Fallen Headstone

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ANN REBECCA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
FREDERICK LETCHFORD
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 5th 1907
AGED 73 YEARS
"Her sufferings were great, her end was Peace"
ALSO THE ABOVE
FREDERICK LETCHFORD
WHO DIED 25th APRIL 1915
AGED 79 YEARS
"Peace, perfect Peace"

1240.   [M24]   Headstone

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
FREDERICK CHARLES MARTIN
THE BELOVED SON OF
GEORGE & HARRIET MARTIN
OF BORSTAL
WHO FELL ASLEEP JUNE 17th 1909
IN HIS SIXTEENTH YEAR
"For such is the Kingdom of Heaven"
ALSO OF RUPERT ARTHUR
ALICE MAY
LITTLE GEORGE
WHO DIED IN INFANCY
ALSO OF GEORGE MARTIN
WHO FELL ASLEEP FEB. 5th 1919
AGED 65 YEARS
"At Rest"

1241.   [M25]   Derelict Curbs

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN MITCHELL DIED 21st DEC. 1911 AGED 56

South Side
ALSO EMMA MITCHELL DIED 2nd FEB. 1939 AGED 92

1242.   [M26]   Curbs

North Side
SOPHIA MARY PEARSON WHO DIED 22nd NOV. 1918 AGED 65 YEARS

South Side
GEORGE PEARSON WHO DIED 3rd OCT. 1920 AGED 71 YEARS

1243.   [M27]   Curbs

South Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES ALFRED PETT WHO DIED 11th AUGUST 1908 AGED 48 YEARS

North Side
ALSO EMMA COLESWORTHY, NEE PETT WHO DIED 26th DECEMBER 1925 AGED 64 YEARS

1244.   [M28]   Curbs, Very Large Plot, with horizontal Cross

East Side
GEORGE REYNOLDS 1831 – 1913    GEORGE HALES 1885 - 1904

South Side
FANNY D. KING 1866 – 1946    ALFRED KING 1864 – 1939

West Side
THOMAS D. HIBBENS 1897 – 1946    EMILY HALES 1861 – 1942

North Side
AMY HALES 1882 – 1917    AMY K. REYNOLDS 1862 – 1944    AMY E. HIBBENS 1897 – 1983

1245.   [M29]   Headstone and Curbs

Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ROBERT ROSE
WHO DIED MARCH 26th 1910
AGED 59 YEARS
ALSO FRANCES
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JAN. 10th 1922
AGED 71 YEARS
ALSO HENRY ARTHUR ROSE
ONLY SON OF THE ABOVE
AND BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ADA ROSE
CALLED JUNE 19th 1927
AGED 57 YEARS
"Oh, teach me from my heart to say
Thy will be done"

North Curb
MABEL FRANCES SCOTT DAUGHTER OF HENRY A. & ADA ROSE WHO DIED 12th JUNE1929 AGED 35 YEARS (one line)

SCOTT see ROSE

1246.   [M30]   Fallen Headstone

EDWARD SIMMONS
WHO DIED
21st AUGUST 1899 AGED 50 YEARS
"Until the day breaks"
ALSO
ALFRED LEWIS SIMMONS
CPL. 1st R.W.K. REGT.
KILLED IN ACTION 11th JULY 1915
AGED 29 YEARS
INTERRED 1st BATT. CEMETERY
VOORMAZELLES, BELGIUM
"Safe in God’s keeping, his sacrifice known"
ALSO MARGARET ANN
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
EDWARD SIMMONS
WHO DIED 10th JULY 1924
AGED 68 YEARS
"In my Father’s house there are many mansions"

SMITH see STOW

1247.   [M31]   Curbs

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF GEORGE SOUTH DIED APRIL 23rd 1914 AGED 81 YEARS

South Side
ALSO ELLEN ELIZABETH WIFE OF GEO. SOUTH DIED MARCH 21st 1915 AGED 72 YEARS

1248.   [M32]   Curbs

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF LOUISA JANE THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN STANIFORD WHO DIED 28th MARCH 1914 AGED 64 YEARS (one line)

South Side
JOHN STANIFORD DIED MAY 16th 1929 IN HIS 80th YEAR

1249.   [M33]   Pedestals and Cross

East Side
HARRIETT
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
FREDERICK STOW
WHO DIED 29th JULY 1917
AGED 66 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
FREDERICK STOW
WHO DIED 4th JANUARY 1920
AGED 69 YEARS
R.I.P.

North Side
ALSO
ANN VERONICA
SMITH
WHO DIED 5th MARCH 1963
AGED 83 YEARS
R.I.P.
AND HER HUSBAND
EDWARD
REUNITED 28th FEB. 1971
AGED 89 YEARS

1250.   [M34]   Curbs

North Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN THOMAS SUMMERS WHO FELL ASLEEP NOV. 1st 1913 AGED 70 YEARS (one line)
MARY HIS WIFE WHO FELL ASLEEP FEB. 4th 1925 AGED 85 YEARS

South Side
ALSO GEORGE SUMMERS WHO DIED 10th OCT. 1924 AGED 57 YEARS INTERRED AT ONTARIO
ALSO EMILY SISTER OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 17th FEB. 1932 AGED 56 YEARS

TAYLOR see HAYES

1251.   [M35]   Curbs

North Side
HENRIETTA WIFE OF JOHN WILLIAM VANT WHO ENTERED INTO REST 25th OCT. 1918 AGED 67 YEARS (one line)
ALSO OF JOHN WILLIAM VANT WHO DIED 30th JUNE 1938 AGED 89 YEARS

South Side
ALSO HETTIE VANT DAUGHTER WHO FELL ASLEEP 24th FEB. 1919 AGED 36 YEARS

1252.   [M36]   Curbs

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF THOMAS WALDER WHO DIED JUNE 29th 1914 AGED 53 YEARS

1253.   [M37]   Curbs

North Side
GEORGE WOODGATE WHO DIED NOV. 2nd 1932 AGED 80 YEARS
ALSO HARRIETT WOODGATE WHO DIED JUNE 11th 1943 AGED 89 YEARS

South Side
ALSO EDWIN HENRY WOODGATE KILLED IN FRANCE SEPT. 3rd 1917 AGED 20 YEARS

End of Section Ma

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