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LONGBENTON

Stanford, F.E., Pte., 1918

Photos: James Pasby

In Longbenton (Benton) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave with a private headstone of 11916 Private Frederick Edward Stanton, serving with the Officers' Training Corps who died 09/01/1918.

The headstone reads:

In
loving memory of
Minnie Stanford
beloved wife of
Frederick Edward
Stanton
who died 1st January 1915
aged 30 years
Also of the above
Frederick Edward Stanford
(son of Daniel Edward Stanford
and late of the Inns of Court O.T.C.)
who died 9th January 1918
aged 36 years.

Frederick Edward Stanton is also remembered on the Inns of Court ROH Book page 326. A11916 27/8/1917.


The CWGC entry for Private Stanford

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