Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Hertfordshire
- Town
- St Pauls Walden
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3836
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Current location
All Saints Church
St Pauls Walden
North Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG4 8DN
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 19251 22285
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Black marble tablet set into floor of church and memorial choir stalls. Top centre of slab bears a shield with two lions and decorative ribbon design.
- Inscription
- AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM / THE CHOIR STALLS / WERE ERECTED IN THE CHANCEL / BY MICHAEL DEWAR, AND / IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF HIS WIFE DOROTHY, WHO / DIED AT STAGENHOE 16TH MAY / 1943 AND OF HIS ELDEST SON / JOHN MICHAEL FIRTH. / RAFVR WHO AFTER FIGHTING / THRO' THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN WAS / LOST ON PATROL 30TH MARCH 1941.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Dewar, John Michael Firth
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Fornames, surname, service, manner of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black - Choir stalls
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Tablet
- 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: Michael Dewar erected this memorial in memory of his son John Michael Firth who was lost on patrol during the Battle of Britain.
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