Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
South Shropshire
Town
Chirbury
County
Shropshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
17365

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Current location

St Michael's Church
Chirbury
South Shropshire
Shropshire
SY15 6BG
England

OS Grid Ref: SO 26127 98498
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Cross.
Inscription
IN/ EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ MARY HARRIET MORRIS/ OF MONKSFIELD/ WHO DIED MAY 15TH 1937/ IN HER 54TH YEAR/ ALSO OF HER SON/ WILLIAM EDWARD LESLEY MORRIS/ B.Q.M.S./ 76 (SHROP YEO) MED. REG. R.A./ WHO MET HIS DEATH ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN ITALY ON MAY 3RD 1945 AND WAS/ BURIED AT UDINE, IN HIS 39TH YEAR
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Morris, William Edward Leslie
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Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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