Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wrexham
- Town
- Wrexham
- County
- Clwyd
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31123
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Current location
On south tower wall
ST GILES CHURCH
Wrexham
Wrexham
Clwyd
LL13 8LS
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SJ 33531 50124
Denomination: Church in Wales
- Description
- Brass plaque with red and black lettering.
- Inscription
- ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF/ LIEUTENANT COLONEL/ CHARLES CECIL HAYFORD THOROLD/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT COLENSO,/ SOUTH AFRICA, ON FEBRUARY 24TH 1900,/ WHILST COMMANDING THE/ 1ST BATTALION ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS./ BORN 1852 DIED 1900
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Thorold, Charles Cecil Hayford
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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