Graves Remembered

This is but one of many graves and monuments at Lakewood that memorialize men and women who served, fought, and sometimes -- as with this soldier in World War I -- died serving their country.  

The plaque reads:

IN LOVING MEMORY

 ROBERT GUILDFORD COBBETT

 Corp. Co. G,107th Infantry, 27th Div.

KILLED IN ACTION

DEFENDING LIBERTY AT

CAMBRAI, FRANCE

June 12, 1898 - Sept. 29, 1918

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Corporal Cobbett died in one of the final battles of World War I.

He was just 20 years old. 

Read more at this website: Battle of Cambrai