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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Broxtowe
- Town
- Kimberley
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26884
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Current location
South wall of Nave
Holy Trinity Church
Main Street/Eastwood Road/Church Hill junction
Kimberley
Broxtowe
Nottinghamshire
NG16 2HY
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 49681 44808
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Nowy headed stone tablet with indented sides. Mounted on a backboard supported by two brackets.
- Inscription
- IN/ AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF/ BOMBARDIER, WILFRED GORDON OATES, R.F.A./ WHO DIED JUNE 17TH 1917,/ IN HOSPITAL FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED/ AT MESSINES WHILE SERVING HIS COUNTRY./ AGED 24 YEARS./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Oates, Wilfred Gordon
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, regiment, date of death, place of death, manner of death, agt deat
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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