Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Calderdale
Town
Walsden
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
98217

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Current location

St Peter's Churchyard
Church Walk
Walsden
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
OL14 6PY
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 93573 22065
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Sandstone Latin cross on a four step base with a cross of ivy and roses, bearing a ribbon with the the incised inscription, Thy will be done, carved in relief at the crossing. The inscription is incised. The subject is also commemorated on a separate cross on a nearby grave space (WMR 98220).
Inscription
.../ Also of their son/ Corporal Willie Wade,/ who Died of Wounds in France,/ April 19th 1918, Aged 26 years./ He was Interred at Perns British Cemetery.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Wade, Willie
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Relationship, rank, forename, surname, manner, country, and date of death, age
    Order of information: As above
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
The Parochial Church Council

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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