Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Delyn
- Town
- Nannerch
- County
- Clwyd
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13462
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Current location
On the wall to the right of the organ.
St Michael and All Angels
Village Road
Nannerch
Delyn
Clwyd
CH7 5RD
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SJ 16644 69324
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A typical GRU/IWGC battlefield cross with one tag on the upright and three white metal strips on the cross member . Immediately below the cross is a rectangular brass plaque with a dedication associated with the cross
- Inscription
- 1 The battlefield cross - /LIEUT W D BUDDICOM /4TH HUSSARS/6TH JUNE 1918/ 2 The brass plaque / Temporary Cross from the Grave of /Walter Digby Buddicom MC / only son of Walter and Sophia Buddicom of Penbedw / He was killed in France / on June 6th 1918 aged 24 / and lies in the Cemetery at Etaples / no. A 438
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Buddicom, Walter Digby
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank , given names , surname , unit , date of death , manner of death , , place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Image of Brass Plaque from The Returned from the Front website thereturned.co.uk/crosses/nannerch/
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