Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wansbeck
- Town
- Ashington
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33737
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Current location
TRINITY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
Station Road
Ashington
Wansbeck
Northumberland
NE63 8RN
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 27015 87705
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- SHIELD-SHAPED TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK MARBLE BACKBOARD. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK PAINTED LETTERING
- Inscription
- SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ SAMUEL JAMES SMART,/ ROYAL INNISK. FUSL.,/ WHO FELL IN FRANCE,/ AUGUST 16TH. 1917, AGED 25 YEARS/ ONLY SON OF/ SAMUEL AND JANE SMART/ ALSO HIS CHUM, DAVID KINNAIRD,/ ROYAL INNISK. FUSL.,/ WHO FELL IN FRANCE,/ JULY 1ST 1916, AGED 25 YEARS./ "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Kinnaird, David
Smart, Samuel James
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames , manner of death, age, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- 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
- Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6254 (includes an image)
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