Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Font or font cover
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Hoylake
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2515
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Current location
St Lukes Methodist Church
Market Street
Hoylake
Wirral
Merseyside
CH47 2BF
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 21761 89043
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Brass plaque fixed at the base of the font, and carved inscription around the top rim of the font.
- Inscription
- (Carving at top of font): TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF HENRY WILLIAM HOWELL COLLETT (Plaque): PRESENTED TO THE TRUSTEES OF THIS CHURCH BY HIS PARENTS AND / BROTHERS. IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF A NOBLE LIFE LAID DOWN / IN BATTLE ON JULY 30TH 1916. HIS SIMPLE FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST / HEROISM IN SERVICE, CHEERFULNESS IN FACE OF DANGER, TOGETHER / WITH HIS VICARIOUS DEATH ARE A PRECIOUS HERITAGE. AND BY / THESE "HE BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH". HEBREWS XI. CHAP. 4.V.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Collett, Henry William Howell
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, middle name, surname, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Font
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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