Monument Details

 

  4 Kerbstones; 4 Cornerstones; concrete infill.
  Limestone Engraved
   
  South Kerbstone: Outer slope: In Loving Memory of Henry Cropley who died Jan. 7th. 1945 aged 84 years. // West Kerbstone: Outer Slope: R.I.P. //
   
  Very good except for badly broken south kerbstone.
  LS(J)18
    Henry was born in Little Bookham, Surrey, to an Agricultural Labourer. He began work as a carpenter & Joiner, Foreman builder and retired as a Clerk of General Works. He married Alice Priscilla Isles of Faccombe, Hants. in Faccobe, 1890 In He lived in Brighton, Walthamstow, where his only child was born, & Leatherhead, Surrey. By 1911 he was in 6, Marshalls Rd, Sutton Surrey, his home until he died tough he actually died at 37 Essex St, Wash Common. His wife and daughter also died later in Surrey. It is not known why he was in Newbury when he died or why he was buried here. He left £1128 to his brother, Charles, a retired builder of Surrey.
   
  01 February 2020
  EAC
 

Persons named on this monument.

Henry CROPLEY  

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