In
Ever Loving
Memory of
George
Ernest Reynolds
Who was Killed by Shell
in France
December 13 ~ 1916
Aged 34 Years
'Nearer my God to Thee'
In Loving Remembrance
George E Reynolds was a Private in the 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment and he is buried in the Hamel Military Cemetery in Beaumont~Hamel in France.
The detail of the buds and broken stem with a fallen Flower are well detailed on this headstone. The buds are a reminder of the potential of a life cut tragically short and the broken stem depicts that ending. The flower in bloom shows us that the person reached adulthood, whereas a broken bud would often depict the loss of a child.
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