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Inscriptions and verses

To help you choose the wording for a memorial, we’ve listed some popular inscriptions and verses below.

These are intended as a guide only and, if you wish, you can choose your own wording to express your feelings. Some churchyards and cemeteries have restrictions about the wording that can be featured on memorials and we will advise you about these when you are deciding upon the inscription.


In loving memory of                                         
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In remembrance of
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Sacred to the memory of
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Treasured memories of
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Reunited
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We will remember them
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Together again
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At rest
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Peace perfect peace
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Cherished memories
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Remembered with a smile
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Sadly missed
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Rest in peace
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Always in our thoughts
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Forever in our hearts
Gone from us but not forgotten
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Love’s last gift remembrance
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The Lord is my shepherd I shall
not want
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His life a beautiful memory his
absence a silent grief
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Memory is a golden chain that
binds us until we meet again
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Gone are the days we used to
share but in our hearts you’re
always there
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They never failed to do their
best their hearts were true and
tender they simply lived for
those they loved and those they
loved remember


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