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

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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

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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
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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: rank, forename, surname, regiment, relationship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Geograph - www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4788221 - accessed 1 May 2020

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