First of all I must apologise to all members of this forum, I have to admit the headstone I thought was my father’s was in fact a private headstone in a completely different part of Phillips Park Cemetery. I had been prompted to visit the cemetery by a cousin who had notified me of the condition of the headstone, as it had been more than 20 years since my last visit and because the cemetery had changed so much I looked in the wrong section and found a headstone in the area I thought he had been buried, it was so badly damaged I thought it was my fathers. When contacted by Algy Turner and Bob Bonner I checked on the Armed Forces Memorial Website, found my father’s entry and noted the section and plot number. Today I visited the correct section and found that the headstone had been replaced since I last saw it but was in very good condition, the mistake I had made was my cousin had told me the stone had split, he meant the family memorial on the grave.
Many thanks for all the interest and help from you all and special thanks to Major Turner and Captain Bonner for their help and advice. The original headstone had been a standard CWGC headstone but the present one has an odd shape with the top not being curved. I have posted a photograph at this link:
http://www.tel-web.co.uk/pic/sgtaskew.jpg Regards
