Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Neston
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2579
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Current location
St Mary & St Helen's Church
High Street
Neston
Wirral
Merseyside
CH64 9TZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 29173 77460
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- MARBLE TABLET CARVED WREATH ON UPPER FRAME. BRONZE BADGE OF THE QUEEN'S AT TOP CENTRE OF TABLET
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/CHRISTOPHER BUSHELL VC DSO/T/LT COLONEL COMMANDING 7TH BATTN 'THE QUEENS' RWS REGT/YOUNGER SON OF REGINALD AND CAROLINE BUSHELL/KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/AUGUST 8TH 1918/E'EN AS HE TROD THAT DAY TO GOD/SO WALKED HE FROM HIS BIRTH,/IN GENTLENESS AND SIMPLENESS/AND HONOUR AND CLEAN MIRTH.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bushell, Christopher
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank, date of death,regiment,place of death,manner of death,relationships,decorations
Order of information: Undefined - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank, date of death,regiment,place of death,manner of death,relationships,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Christopher Bushell VC DSO
- WMO ID: 248063
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 01-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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