Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Ryedale
- Town
- Normanby
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 30755
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Current location
St Andrew's Church
Normanby
Ryedale
North Yorkshire
TS6 9BA
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 54691 19239
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- PLAQUE IN REPOUSSE ON DARK MARBLE BACKGROUND SMALL EMBLEM DEPICTING ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON WITH MOTTO QUO FATA VOCANTE, ABOVE TEXT
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ PTE ALBERT THOMAS WALTON/ NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS/ A NATIVE OF THIS PARISH/ WHO AT THE CALL OF/ KING AND COUNTRY/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO HIM/ AND AFTER ENDURING HARDSHIP AND/ FACING DANGER/ GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE/ BEING KILLED IN FRANCE IN THE/ GREAT WAR, MARCH 22ND 1918/ AGED 22 YEARS/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ ST JOHN XV 13/ ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Walton, Albert Thomas
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,year died,regiment,forename,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Backboard
- 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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