Douglas Edgar – Inscription

 

Birth: Unknown

 

Died: 11^th March 1883

 

Place of Death: Rutland Terrace

 

Interred: West Hartlepool Cemetery, which now forms part of North Cemetery

 

Date of Interment: 14^th March 1883

 

Burial Plot: South East 354 B U (B=Plot Area. U=Unconsecrated)

 

Headstone: A headstone still exists, but removed. It now lines the main upper path with many others, embedded in the tarmac

 

Position along the Path: Left 51

 

Inscription is carved, defaced, very eroded & reads with difficulty: In loving memory of Archibald Edgar. In memory of Douglas Edgar who departed this life (11th) March (1883 aged 19 years—-William Black——12^th April1885————Phylis Edgar—-13^th December 1887 ————Archibald Edgar————30^th October 1891)——-—–

Sourced & Checked with additional info added in brackets where applicable: West Hartlepool Cemetery Purchased Graves & Inscription Transcripts Durham Archive. Friends of North Cemetery Book of Interment South East 1880 -1889 (Hartlepool Central  library) West Hartlepool Cemetery Burial Register  July 1871 – Oct 1895 microfiche 1054 Hartlepool Central  Library (Now known as  Community Hub Central)