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Other than the ardent collections of grave and monument inscriptions produced by [[Oliver, Vere Langford|Vere Oliver]] (1861-1942) during his trips to the West Indies in 1913 and 1914 many Caribbean's will have lost these snippets of information about their own families. | Other than the ardent collections of grave and monument inscriptions produced by [[Oliver, Vere Langford|Vere Oliver]] (1861-1942) during his trips to the West Indies in 1913 and 1914 many Caribbean's will have lost these snippets of information about their own families. | ||
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An earlier work, which covers many Caribbean islands, includes Grenada: | An earlier work, which covers many Caribbean islands, includes Grenada: | ||
*Laurence-Archer, James. ''Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the Earliest Date with Genealogical and Historical Annotations, from Original, Local and Other Sources, Illustrative of the Histories and Genealogies of the Seventeenth Century ... ''London: Chatto & Windus, 1875. {{ | *Laurence-Archer, James. ''Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the Earliest Date with Genealogical and Historical Annotations, from Original, Local and Other Sources, Illustrative of the Histories and Genealogies of the Seventeenth Century ... ''London: Chatto & Windus, 1875. {{FSC|226925|item|disp=FS Library Film 283588}}; digital versions at [http://www.dloc.com/UF00067430/00001 DLOC]; [https://www.archive.org/details/monumentalinscri00lawruoft Internet Archive] - both free. The two page Grenada section begins on 429 but there are no ''monument inscriptions''. | ||
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St. George's Cemetery does contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War and three from the Second World War. The three Second World War graves are located in a single plot in the ''lower'' section of the cemetery, about 20 metres from the entrance close to the left hand boundary wall, which overlooks St George's Bay.
Also a single First World war grave is located in the ''central'' section, and is best reached via the entrance in Cemetery Hill Road opposite the La Qua and Sons funeral society premises. Head towards the palm tree at 1 o'clock to and about 40 metres from the entrance. The standard pattern headstone for Corporal Mercurious is about 5 metres to the right of the palm tree, its view blocked from any distance by the larger memorials surrounding it. | St. George's Cemetery does contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War and three from the Second World War. The three Second World War graves are located in a single plot in the ''lower'' section of the cemetery, about 20 metres from the entrance close to the left hand boundary wall, which overlooks St George's Bay.
Also a single First World war grave is located in the ''central'' section, and is best reached via the entrance in Cemetery Hill Road opposite the La Qua and Sons funeral society premises. Head towards the palm tree at 1 o'clock to and about 40 metres from the entrance. The standard pattern headstone for Corporal Mercurious is about 5 metres to the right of the palm tree, its view blocked from any distance by the larger memorials surrounding it. | ||
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