In 1940, any idea of the cost of a gravestone and how widely available were they at that time in London?
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I cannot tell you of the cost of a grave stone in 1940,I think it would depend on the stone and the amount of work involved.
Where I lived in Highgate North London there were several Monumental Masons working at the time,many were too old for 'War service'
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The cost would depend on how big it was, what is was made of and how much needed to be engraved on it.
I thought I had info about a gravestone in 1957 in London, but its just the cost of the funeral, including coffin, interment fee, burial service at St. Pancras cemetery and that was £18.00.~ with love from Little Nell~Chowns, Dunt, Emms, Mealing, Purvey & Smoothy
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Thanks WillG and Little Nell. I was wondering how it worked during WW11...assumed a lot of apprentices would have gone to war, and money would have been tight for a lot of people as well. I tried to find a site that would give a rough pricing indication but couldn't find anything on gravestones...bread, milk etc was easy!
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