Grave of Thomas Tidswell & Family

Sowerby Bridge Cemetery

WITH JESUS WHICH IS FAR BETTER     In Loving Memory of EDWARD, SON OF TOM & SOPHIA TIDSWELL, OF BEECH SOWERBY BRIDGE, WHO DIED DEC. 5TH 1888, AGED 4 YEARS, AND 6 MONTHS.     HIS SHORT BRIGHT LIFE ON EARTH IS RUN, WE WEEP BUT SAY GOD'S WILL BE DONE.     ALSO PTE. FRED TIDSWELL, 25450 EAST YORKS REGT, SON OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED OF WOUNDS MARCH 21ST 1917 AT ETAPLES, FRANCE. IN HIS 27TH YEAR     ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED AND LOST KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD-GONE.     ALSO OF THE ABOVE SOPHIA TIDSWELL, WHO DIED DEC 6TH 1927, AGED 68 YEARS.     ALSO OF THE ABOVE TOM TIDSWELL, WHO DIED FEB. 7TH 1938, AGED 76 YEARS.