Use this image under non-commercial licence
This image was created and shared by: Francis Mullan
The image is free to reuse for non-commercial purposes under the IWM Non Commercial Licence. By downloading any images or embedding any media, you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is: © Francis Mullan (WMR-32253)
Embed
HTML: BBCode:
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wychavon
- Town
- Broadway
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32253
Support the IWM War Memorial Register
Since 1988 IWM's War Memorials Register has been creating a national register of UK war memorials and the names of the individuals they commemorate. IWM needs your support to ensure that we can add to and maintain our these important records.
Current location
St Eadburghas Church
Snowshill Rd
Broadway
Wychavon
Hereford And Worcester
WR12 7AF
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 09704 36258
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- White marble tablet on grey marble mount. Black incised inscription.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ COLONEL OSWALD SWIFT FLOWER/ ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS/ THIRD SON OF EDGAR AND ISABELLA FLOWER/ SERVED WITH DISTINCTION/ IN THE CHINESE EXPEDITION 1900/ HE DIED LEADING HIS MEN AT THE TAKING/ OF MAMETZ WOOD FRANCE,/ IN THE EUROPEAN WAR JULY 11TH 1916./ MENTIONED MANY TIMES IN DESPATCHES./ "BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
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,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- First World War memorial
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.
This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:
© WMR-32253
For queries, please contact [email protected]