Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Hoylake
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2467
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Current location
St Hildeburghs Church
Stanley Road
Hoylake
Wirral
Merseyside
CH47 1HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 21397 88919
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass plaque on marble backboard Badge of Worcestershire Regiment at top centre
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF OUR MOST DEAR AND/BRAVE SON/CHARLES HENRY DWYER,/CAPTAIN 10TH BATT. WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT,/AGED 21 YEARS./KILLED NEAR GRANDECOURT BY A SNIPER NOV. 17TH 1916,/JUST AS HE HAD COMPELETED A DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS/RECONNAISANCE DUTY WITH GREAT GALLANTRY,/HE WAS BURIED WHERE HE FELL./"HE ASKED LIFE IOF THEE, AND THOU GAVEST IT TO HIM./EVEN LENGTH OF DAYS FOR EVER AND EVER."/PSALM XXI 4.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank, Regiment, Place of death, Forename, Place of burial, Manner of death, Age of death, Relationships
Order of information: Relationships, Forename, Rank, Regiment, Age of death, Manner of death, Place of death, Place of burial
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Charles Henry Dwyer
- WMO ID: 230475
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 12-04-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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