Fred Greenwood Smith - Undercliffe Cemetery - Bradford, UK
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This large obelisk grave marker is in memory of Fred Greenwood Smith who was killed in a tramway accident.
Waymark Code: WMTRRF
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/04/2017
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The inscription relating to him is as follows.
In Loving Memory
Of
FRED GREENWOOD SMITH
WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE
TRAMWAY ACCIDENT AT
FOUR LANE ENDS GIRLINGTON
DECEMBER 4th 1889
AGED 29 YEARS
Undercliffe cemetery is a large Victorian cemetery, one of the first created after The Burial Acts of 1852-1857 enabled Burial Boards to be set up either as separate bodies or as part of the Borough Councils. This one was set up as a private company after rapid population explosion during the industrial revolution led to existing church cemeteries running out of room.
It is now run as a charity and although still used has restricted burials.
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The cemetery has a range of different styles of grave markers, with a group of larger ones arranged alongside an east to west promenade. This obelisk is towards the eastern end of the promenade.
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