Government headstone of James R. Webb, Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, with the cemetery plan of Section 34
8 April 2026 · Photograph by Matt Wade
Named here: James Roy Webb
Transcription
Flat bronze-coloured government (veteran's) marker, a Latin cross in a circle at the head (first image):
JAMES R WEBB / ALABAMA / CPL 106 SUP TRAIN 31 DIV / WORLD WAR I / DEC 1 1897 JUNE 25 1969
(Second image: the cemetery plan, photographed at an angle, with the lot numbers upside down to the camera. A large "34" is written in black beside the section, and a ring of green ink is drawn round a group of lots at its corner beside the drive; the numbers inside or under the ring read about 528, 529, 562 [?], 563 [?] and 566, partly hidden by the ink. Third image: the whole plan, the same green mark at its right-hand edge.)
Citation: Photograph of the headstone of James R. Webb, Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, taken by Matt Wade on 8 April 2026; with two photographs taken the same afternoon of the cemetery's wall plan, "Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.": a close view of Section 34 with a lot ringed in green ink, and a wide view of the plan showing the same ring.
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Roy Webb | Birth | Dec 1 1897 | December 1897, Alabama | new: the day |
| James Roy Webb | Death | June 25 1969 | 25 June 1969, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama | agrees |
| James Roy Webb | Military service | Corporal, 106th Supply Train, 31st Division, World War I; Alabama | military event 24 May 1919, "St. Louis, Missouri" (FS-056) | agrees with his biography; context |
| James Roy Webb | Burial | Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Section 34 (the photograph's place; the section from the plan and Find a Grave) | no burial in the tree | new |