2015 - The 7 most poignant memorials.

St Asaph Cathedral, St Asaph, Denbighshire  
 
1) A charming and unique memorial to an infant. "Lifted by an angel's wing ...".
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/a-charming-and-unique-memorial-to.html

2) Three brothers who all died on active service between December 1917 and June 1918.
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/three-brothers-who-all-died-on-active.html

 3) "... leaving an infant daughter happily too young to feel the accumulated sorrows ..."..
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/leaving-infant-daughter-happily-too.html

 4) Children in unmarked graves in a monastery churchyard.
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/children-in-unmarked-graves-in.html

5) The son was born three days after his father died and they are both buried in the same grave.
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/the-son-was-born-three-days-after-his.html


7) Killed one month after his wedding day.
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/killed-one-month-after-his-wedding-day.html



Unusual gravestones
 
  
 
About the authors - Martin and Claire Nicholson own one of the largest archives of grave related photographs in the world. A selection of their work appears in the blog "Grave Mistakes" that has had over 400,000 hits since it was launched in 2013. Other examples appear in the Facebook group "Social History" where Martin acts as the group administrator.
 

The authors have viewed millions of gravestones, and are offering readers a selection of the rare and unusual gravestones that they have seen, with full-colour illustrations. Each category of type of gravestone, age of person, cause of death, rare names, and errors found on gravestones are given a points score to indicate rarity.
 

Specimen pages from Amazon previewer
 
 Martin Nicholson - Ticklerton Barn, Ticklerton, Church Stretton, Shropshire