Post by BereniceUK on Apr 1, 2017 17:27:50 GMT
Other memorials and colours currently to be seen at the museum are in their original homes - Lane End in Stoke-on-Trent, Bilston and Rugeley, all in Staffordshire.
10068 Corporal J.McGrath, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 25th January 1917. This headstone was originally in a military cemetery in Basra, Iraq, and was rescued before destruction when the headstones, in a deteriorating condition, were removed to be ground down for road-making. A larger memorial is said to have been put up to replace the lost headstones.
29876 Private F.Anthill. Died 2nd January 1918.
10068 Corporal J.McGrath, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 25th January 1917. This headstone was originally in a military cemetery in Basra, Iraq, and was rescued before destruction when the headstones, in a deteriorating condition, were removed to be ground down for road-making. A larger memorial is said to have been put up to replace the lost headstones.
29876 Private F.Anthill. Died 2nd January 1918.