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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bradford
- Town
- Keighley
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47167
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Current location
St Andrew's Shared Church
Church Street
Keighley
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD21 5HS
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 06056 40994
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Brass Plaque with engraved lettering
- Inscription
- REMEMBER/ WILLIAM BALME NAYLOR/ 2ND LIEUT 6TH WEST RIDING REGT/ AND BRIGADE BOMBING OFFICER,/ DEARLY LOVED AND ONLY SON/ OF WILLIAM BEECROFT/ AND EDITH NAYLOR/ OF THIS PARISH, WHO GAVE/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY,/ HE WAS BORN SEPT 2ND 1897, AND/ WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ SEPT 16TH 1916 AGED 19 YEARS/ THE BOY, HE SPENT/ HIS BOY'S DEAR LIFE FOR ENGLAND, BE CONTENT/ NO HONOUR OF AGE HAS BEEN MORE EXCELLENT.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Naylor, William Balme
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of birth, date of death, regiment, forenames, manner of death, age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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
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