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Headstone - checked. Side pillars, with decorative top and scroll at the bottom of each. Kerbstones, square section, with plain posts, gravel infill. Central splay sided flower vase.
Affectionate memory Of Alfred WICKSON Died 28 April 1944, Aged 66 years. Also of his wife Rose Isabel Died 23 June 1944, Aged 73 years. Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly, Life, like a dome of many coloured glass Stains the white radiance of eternity. [ Identified as WICKSON on the in-church plan. BR: "1944 1 May WICKSON Alfred 66yrs East End North Leigh"; - ALSO - "1944 26 Jun WICKSON Rose Isabel 73yrs East End North Leigh". Quotation from "Adonais", by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Alfred was born in Woodstock but lived in West Ham in 1911.] Also, a flat square tablet set on the gravel.
And fondest memory of Elizabeth Gladys STAGGS Née WICKSON 11.11.1908 - 31.10.1998 Also Arthur A.C. STAGGS Ld'H 17.11.1912 - 22.8.2013 Buried at Thame [ Neither STAGGS are in the North Leigh BR. Ld'H stands for Legion d'Honneur, a French award given to AACS in recognition of his services to the French Resistance during WW2 . Ref: Daily Telegraph, obituary, 20 Oct 2013. Presumably, Elizabeth was the daughter of Rose and Alfred. She was born in Walthamstow.]
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