Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Liverpool
- Town
- Sefton Park
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15663
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Current location
CHRIST CHURCH
Linnet La
Sefton Park
Liverpool
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 370 870
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ORNATE BRASS TABLET SURMOUNTED BY A CROSS. WHOLE IS SET INTO A MARBLE BASE WHICH IN TURN IS SET INTO THE WALL WITH STONE MOULDINGS AROUND IT. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING ORNATE WHEEL CROSS AT THE TOP OF THE PLAQUE. BORDER AROUND THE EDGE OF THE PLAQUE A SHIELD AT THE BASE CORNERS. MINIATURE OFFICERS SWORD AND THE BADGE OF THE LIVERPOOL RIFLES IN RELIEF AT THE BASE OF THE PLAQUE
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM JAMES JONES L.L.B. / LIEUT. 6TH RIFLE BATT: THE KING'S L-POOL REGT. / KILLED NEAR ARRAS WHEN IN COMMAND / OF A TRENCH RAID JUNE 28TH 1916 / AGED 23 YEARS / FALLING TO THE MOMENT HIS TASK WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. / HE RESTS NEAR BEAUMETX CEMETERY FRANCE. / PRO DEO PRO PATRIA
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Jones, William James
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Plaque
- 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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