Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mid Sussex
- Town
- Burgess Hill
- County
- West Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16826
Support IWM
Any gift we receive makes a vital contribution to our ongoing work, from conserving our collection to supporting our public programme.
Current location
St John the Evangelist Church
St John's Road/ Crescent Road
Burgess Hill
Mid Sussex
West Sussex
RH15 8HA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 31200 19200
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A light coloured marble panel with filled recessed letters in a brown marble frame.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF / 2ND LIEUT WALTER EDWARDS / OF THE 6TH CITY OF LONDON RIFLES / THE BELOVED ELDEST SON OF / WILLIAM AND MAUD LOUISA / EDWARDS WHO WAS KILLED IN / ACTION AT SOUCHEZ FRANCE / ON APRIL 27TH 1916 AGED 20 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Edwards, Walter
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, forename, surname, regiment, relationship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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 - Reference
- Geograph - www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4788221 - accessed 1 May 2020
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.
This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.
This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:
© WMR-16826
For queries, please contact [email protected].