Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Barnsley
- Town
- Wombwell
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Gawthorp and Sons (Manufacturer)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46712
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Current location
ST MARYS CHURCH
Church St
Wombwell
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 730 027
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TABLET BRASS BADGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ABOVE TEXT. MILITARY CROSS AND OTHER UNIDENTIFIED DECORATION TO LEFT AND RIGHT
- Inscription
- IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ EDWARD PERCIVAL CROPPER M.C./ CAPTAIN & ADJUTANT 2ND BATT WEST YORKS:/ SECOND SON OF THE REV. JAMES CROPPER/ RECTOR OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN ACTION/ AT ETERPIGNY ON THE SOMME/ 25TH MARCH 1918 AGED 21
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cropper, James
See details - 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,age of death,relationships,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: height 620MM, width 360MM
Materials: Marble - Pink - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Frame
- 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
- NB/NS/93D
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