Tucked away on Marlborough Gate, beside St. James’ Palace, is this dreamy Art Nouveau memorial to Queen Alexandra, long-suferring wife of King Edward VII. Commissioned in 1926, the memorial was sculpted by Alfred Gilbert, who created the famous statue of Eros on Picadilly Circus. The memorial is set into the garden wall of Marlborough House, […]
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TIPS: Types of carvings on memorials and marker stones
Consider choosing a monument that will accommodate all the potential names and dates of those who may be included in the plot. To avoid others knowing how you want your names and dates engraved on the monument, it is a good idea to have your names and dates of birth (including the relationship between them; […]
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1- Cremation is a method of preparing the body and does not replace a funeral service or an appropriate monument. A person can choose to be cremated, but that does not mean that they do not wish to be honored and commemorated. The remains can still be buried in a family compound, in a family […]
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How Cemetery Gravestones are made Cemetery grave stones are crafted from granite.. Granite is a herbal stone that begins offevolved as molten rock. The sort of granite is decided via way of means of the minerals that had been blended collectively and via way of means of the fee at which the granite cools and […]
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