St SAVIOURS, Tuesday 9th August 2005

A requested visit to St Saviours graveyard to 'dig up' some Smiths was very rewarding, especially for a certain lady in Australia, some of them turned out to be her great grandparents. Here are the Smiths I could find with their monumental inscriptions. I have also added some of the military headstones.

In Loving Memory Of
GEORGE PARKS SMITH,
WHO DIED MARCH 10th 1867
AGED 18 YEARS.
ALSO
BARBARA ROSE ELLEN GOADBY,
WHO DIED SEPT 11th 1875
AGED 3 MONTHS.
ALSO OWEN CORNELIUS SMITH
WHO DIED AUGUST 28th 1880
AGED 32 YEARS.
ALSO MICHAEL GOADBY,
WHO DIED JULY 23rd 1889
AGED 48 YEARS.
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SUDDEN AND SOLEMN WAS HIS CALL,
GOD'S WARNING VOICE IT SPEAKS TO ALL,
DELAY NO TIME TO JESUS FLY,
PREPARE TO LIVE. PREPARE TO DIE.
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ALSO CHARLOTTE,
BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED SEPT 13th 1909,
AGED 79 YEARS.
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UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS
FLEE AWAY.
ADA SARAH ANN DOWELL,
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
DIED OCTOBER 31st 1934
AGED 77 YEARS.

In Loving Memory Of
ELIZABETH SMITH,
WHO DIED MARCH 10th 1887,
AGED 68 YEARS.
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ALSO CATHERINE, R, SMITH,
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JUNE 4th 1873,
AGED 18 YEARS.
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ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ISAAC SMITH,
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE ELIZABETH SMITH
WHO DEPARTD THIS LIFE FEBRUARY 19TH 1890
AGED 73 YEARS.
WE DEEPLY MOURN HIS RACE IS RUN,
FATHER IN HEAVEN THY WILL BE DONE.
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ALSO EMILY JUDGE,
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
ISAAC SMITH,
WHO DIED OCTOBER 20th 1902,
AGED 48 YEARS.

THY WILL BE DONE

In Loving memory Of
WILLIAM
ONLY AND BELOVED SON OF
SAMUEL & SARAH SMITH.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 6th 1879,
In the 16th Year of His Age.

[ Verse to be added later ]

ALSO SARAH SMITH,
MOTHER OF THE ABOVE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF SAMUEL SMITH,
WHO DIED AUGUST 20th 1886,
Aged 50 Years.

ALSO OF ESTHER,
SECOND WIFE OF SAMUEL SMITH,
WHO DIED JULY 14th 1896,
Aged 44 Years.

SAMUEL SMITH

[ Details illegible ]

Aged 66 Years.

In Loving Memory Of
JOHN SMITH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 21st 1891.
AGED 65 YEARS.
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THIS IS THE FATHERS WILL.
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FOR 48 YEARS A FAITHFUL AND TRUSTED
SERVANT OF THE MIDLAND RAILWAY Co.
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ALSO OF
ANN ELIZABETH.
BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JANUARY 8th 1921
AGED 89 YEARS.

263113 PRIVATE
J.T.EVERTON
ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT
12th OCTOBER 1920 AGED 28

0/18176 L.CPL
C.W.JUKES
ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
14TH JANUARY 1921

58317 CORPORAL
F.L.FOGG
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
20th APRIL 1920 AGE 24

?1542 GUNNER *
J. HICKMAN
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
29th APRIL 1919 AGE 27
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PEACE PERFECT PEACE

? is probably an 8.. 75% sure

11582 BTY. QMR. SERJT.
J.ANDREWS
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
8TH FEBRUARY 1918 AGE 41

SADLY MISSED BY WIFE NIN
AND THREE DAUGHTERS
EVIE, DOLLY AND ELSIE

1458 SERJEANT
F.J.IVINS
ROYAL AIR FORCE
10th AUGUST 1918 AGE 22

GONE FROM OUR HOME
BUT NOT OUR HEARTS

Recognize this? It's the Rock ex-pub at Alum Rock. (The scrawling marks are the vandalistic artwork of local peasants on the bus window).
No longer a pub, it's ....

... a legal aid centre! Better than MacDonalds I suppose but it would have been better staying as a pub.