Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Wiltshire
- Town
- Melksham
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 29th January 1922
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24318
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Current location
St Michael and All Angels Church
Melksham
West Wiltshire
Wiltshire
SN12 6LX
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 90288 63732
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- MARBLE TILE MOSAIC IN BLUE, WHITE AND GOLD. INCISED INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- DAY BY DAY/ WE MAGNIFY THEE/ EDWIN GEORGE WYLD/ VICAR OF THIS PARISH FOR 29 YEARS/ DIED 27TH DEC. 1919/ AND MARY CAROLINE HIS WIFE/DIED 30TH AUG.1911/GEORGE RICHARD THEIR SON/ KILLED IN ACTION AT/ GIVENCHY FRANCE/ 24TH DEC. 1914/ MAKE THEM/ TO BE NUMBERED/ WITH THY SAINTS/ IN GLORY/ EVERLASTING
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Wyld, George Richard
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: FIRST NAMES, SURNAME, HOW DIED, WHERE DIED, DATE OF DEATH.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble, Mosaic
- Tablet
- 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 - Responsibility
- PCC
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