A retired doctor has won a fight to have her great uncle’s name spelled correctly on a village memorial 97 years after he died in France aged 20 during the First World War.
Alison Corfield said the mis-spelling of Private George Samuel’s name as “Samuels” on the memorial at Shepreth, Cambridgeshire, caused “great distress” to his parents. Parish councillors in Shepreth have decided to have the final “s” removed after a plea from Mrs Corfield, 67, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Shepreth Parish Councilchairman Donna Thomas said a stonemason had given advice and changes would be made.
“We will be making the amendment to the war memorial and will be covering the cost,” she said.
“We have also spoken to the local vicar and she has said that once the correction has been made there will be a re-dedication and we will be inviting the family to attend.”
