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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Calderdale
Town
Halifax
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
18946

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Current location

HALIFAX PARISH CHURCH
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 070 240
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
PLAIN RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE WITH INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK AND RED COLOURED LETTERING.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ EDWARD BERTRAM/ WEST-SYMES./ HE WAS BORN APRIL 1ST 1880/ AND DIED APRIL 28TH 1901/ OF FEVER/ AT CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA/ WHILST SERVING IN THE/ AMBULANCE BRIGADE/ OF THE ORDER OF/ ST JOHN JERUSALEM/ IN ENGLAND./ "HE BEING MADE PERFECT IN A/ SHORT TIME FULFILLED A LONG TIME"
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their page 289

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