Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Barnston
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
Date:
Attended by: Widow and Son
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2506
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Current location
Christ Church
Barnston Rd
Barnston
Wirral
Merseyside
CH61 1BY
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 28049 83209
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A small brass plaque above the organ keyboard with white inscription.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF / JOSEPH PERCIVAL PRICHARD / 2ND LIEUT. KING'S OWN ROYAL REGIMENT / ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER /OF THIS CHURCH FROM 1937-1939 / KILLED IN ACTION IN TOBRUK NORTH AFRICA / 21ST NOVEMBER 1941 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW & SON
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Prichard, Joseph
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Forename, middle name, surname, rank, regiment, ocupation, years of ocupation, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
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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