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DIPTON

Eastwood, S., L.Sjt., 1917

Photo: Dorothy Hall

In Stanley (Harelaw) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave with a private headstone of 20682 Lance Serjeant Samuel Eastwood serving with the Durham Light Infantry who died 04/09/1917.

The headstone reads:-

In loving memory of
Sergt. Samuel Eastwood
No. 20682 10th D.L.I.
the dearly beloved husband of Barbara Eastwood
of Dipton
who died in Mitcham Hospital Surrey
on Sept. 4th 1917 from wounds received in action
aged 32 years

Greater love hath no man than this
That a man lay down his life for his friends

Though death divides still memory clings

Samuel Eastwood is remembered at Dipton on D46.02

He is also remembered in The DLI Book of Remembrance page 234


The CWGC entry for Lance Serjeant Eastwood

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