Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Chester
- Town
- Handbridge
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Maker
- JONES AND WILLIS LTD (Designer)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18190
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Current location
On the North wall of the Nave
St Mary Without Walls Church
Overleigh Rd
Handbridge
Chester
Cheshire
CH4 7HL
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 40686 65465
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK AND RED LETTERING. DOUBLE LINE BORDER AROUND THE EDGE WITH RED AND BLACK CROSS DESIGN WITHIN IT
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN MEMORY OF / SERGEANT W. JAMES 1ST. BATT: CHESHIRE REGIMENT / AGED 27 / WHO DIED WHILST ON A SHOOTING EXPEDITION / NEAR KHADERAPETT, MADRAS / AND WAS FOUND ON / JUNE 10TH 1895 / "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH" / "THE TIME IS SHORT" / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER SERGEANTS / AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- James, W
See details - Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,manner of death,age of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 18IN, width 32IN
Materials: Brass
- 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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