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Memorial to William Day WILLS 1797-1865 |
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Arnos Vale Cemetery BRISTOL |
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Memorial to William Day WILLS 1797-1865 |
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Arnos Vale Cemetery BRISTOL |
Many areas and buildings in the cemetery at Arnos Vale are in a poor condition after years of neglect by the owners but now a trust has been set up to care for the cemetery, repair work has begun and also The Friends of Arnos Vale Cemetery (FAVC) meet regularly to help maintain the cemetery. Tours are available around Arno's Vale cemetery. - This picture is from 2004
It was while visiting London on 11th May 1865 that W.D. Wills, who had become partially deaf, inadvertently stepped in front of a horse-drawn omnibus at the bottom of Snow Hill. As he lay on the ground with both legs broken, a policeman who had been summoned to the scene said to him, "Oh, Mr Wills, I'm indeed sorry to see you in such a plight." He was a young man from Bristol and probably the only constable in the Metropolitan Force who could have recognised him. Wills's left leg was amputated in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but he died two days later at the age of sixty-eight. He was buried at Arno's Vale , Bristol, in the following week. More than 1000 people attend his funeral.
Quoted from: "Furnished with Ability, The Lives and Times of Wills Families" by S.J. Watson, 1991
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