William Henry Scholey

Conflict Commemorated:WW1

Address:Low Toynton St Peter's Churchyard

Parish:Low Toynton

Type of Memorial:Addition to Grave

Commisioned By:Family

Materials Used:Stone

Description:Vertical rounded top grave marker with incised leaded lettering. Quite overgrown and covered with lichen and mosses

Inscription:In Loving Memory of WILLIAM SCHOLEY WHO WAS CALLED HOME SUDDENLEY OCTOBER 31ST 1917 AGED 56 YEARS "EVEN SO FATHER. SO IT SEEMED GOOD IN THINE SIGHT." ALSO OF WILLIAM HENRY, HIS SON WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT LOOS, FRANCE SEPTR 25TH 1915, AGED 19 YEARS "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS." Previous recording: "ALSO MIRIAM HIS WIFE DIED DEC 18TH 1948, AGED 79 YEARS" Not visible in this survey

Notes:Refers to Private 3197 William Henry Scholey, 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, killed in action 25.9.1915, commemorated Loos Memorial (panel 130 to 135). No other Lincolnshire memorial