Name
Bernard George Markham
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
21/09/1943
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
7395377
Royal Army Medical Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
II. B. 5.
Italy
Headstone Inscription
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN"
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, Hitchin Roll of Honour 1939 – 1945 (Book) St Mary’s Church, Hitchin
Biography
He was born in Essex and was residing in that county at the time he enlisted.
His Corps Number was 7395377 and he died of wounds in Italy. He was buried in Plot 2, Row B, Grave 5 of the Salerno War Cemetery in Italy.
A private inscription on the headstone reads "Greater love hath no man". He was the son of A and Ellen Markham and the husband of MG. Markham of Alexandra Park, Middlesex. His home was at 157, Bedford Road, Hitchin.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, Paul Johnson., local historian
