Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Hoylake
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15375
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Current location
ST LUKE METHODIST CHURCH
Market St
Hoylake
Wirral
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 210 880
Denomination: Methodist
- Previous locations
- HOYLAKE METHODIST CHURCH
Hoylake
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- HOYLAKE METHODIST CHURCH
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED WOODEN PLAQUE. ILLUMINATED PAINTED LETTERING IN BLACK, BLUE, RED AND GOLD. SMALLER PLAQUE BENEATH MAIN PLAQUE. FRAMED WHITE PAPER WITH BLACK LETTERING.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN HAPPY MEMORY OF/ GUNNER WILLIAM GEORGE SMITH R.G.A./ A TEACHER IN THIS SCHOOL/ DIED IN FRANCE, OCTOBER 29TH 1917/ HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY ON SMALLER PLAQUE BELOW: THIS PLAQUE WAS/ REMOVED FROM/ HOYLAKE METHODIST MISSION/ ON ITS CLOSURE/ AUGUST 1963
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Smith, William George
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,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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