Person    | Male  Born 6/6/1863  Died 5/8/1909

George Henry William Lamb

George Henry William Lamb

Member of Brentford Council in 1909, the year his name was inscribed on the monument and the year he died.

The Brentford High Street Project website gives much details about the life of this man to which we would add that probate records confirm that he died, aged 46 years, on 5 August 1909 and that he had lived at 37 Clifden Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Probate was granted to his widow on 10 September 1909 and his effects totalled £3,434-8s-7d. 

He was buried on 10 August 1909 in Ground D Division in the Ealing and Old Brentford Cemetery, now called the South Ealing Cemetery, 28 Chilton Avenue, London, W5 4RU.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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