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| 1. Memorial: | Leek Cemetery | ||
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Family :
Son of James and Arm Heath, of Hillcroft, Spencer Avenue, Leek; husband of Beatrice Annie Heath, of Roseville, 8, Gall Rd., March, Cambs.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 79th Field Coy |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lodge of United Good Fellowship No. 809 E.C. | Cambridgeshire |
| Joined : | Caldwell No. 3201 E.C. | Cambridgeshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
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A masonic memorial service is recorded in the Staffordshire Advertiser 23rd March 1918. It was held at the Parish Church, Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday 10th March, in memory of Freemasons and lewises who had fallen from Northern division of the Province of Staffordshire. All the lodges from N. Staffordshire were represented with some 350 in attendance in full regalia (being worn by dispensation by the Provincial Grand Master - The Earl of Dartmouth).
A solemn part of the service came when the names of those who had laid down their lives for King and country, were read out by Reverend Granville Sharp.
"While they grieved for them, they rejoiced that the Masonic order was adorned with such splendid examples of courage and self sacrifice. They had set a noble example to their fellows, and any who were leading useless lives should try to bring their lives into more conformity with the high principles inculcated by the Masonic Order. And then the men they were honouring now would not have died in vain."
The last post was played by two buglers of the North Staffordshire Volunteer Regiment.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley