Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Pulpit or pulpit part
- District
- Alnwick
- Town
- Alnwick
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33388
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Current location
St Michael's Church
Bailiffgate
Alnwick
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 1NP
England
OS Grid Ref: NU 18366 13703
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Pulpit stair rail made of oak. There is a small metal plaque fixed to the lower post of the rail. This plaque bears an inscription in white capital letters. The memorial also commemorates PO Skelly's father Fred, who was churchwarden of the church and who died in November 1924.
- Inscription
- (.........)/ IN MEMORY ALSO OF HIS SON/ GEORGE ALEXANDER ('LEX')/ PILOT OFFICER R.A.F./ MISSING OVER CALAIS/ AUGUST 19TH 1941/ AGED 25 YRS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Skelly, George Alexander ('lex')
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Name, rank, service, place and date of death, age at death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height c 12 cm, width c 9 cm
Materials: Metal - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- 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
Details: Mother and Sister of the Pilot - Reference
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