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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Dudley
Town
Oldswinford
County
West Midlands
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
48091

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Current location

St Marys Church
Rectory Road
Oldswinford
Dudley
West Midlands
DY8 1HA
England

OS Grid Ref: SO 9080083180
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Scroll shaped marble tablet on a nowy headed marble backboard. Regimental crest at the top centre of the backboard.
Inscription
IN MEMORIAM/ TROOPER HENRY WARDALE KING/ WORCESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY/ YOUNGER SON OF/ J. WARDALE & JANE KING/ OLDSWINFORD HOUSE/ KILLED IN ACTION AT KATIA, EGYPT/ APRIL 23, 1916, AGED 20./ HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
King, Henry Wardale
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Pamphlet; Peacock Roy, The Memorials of the Great War at St Marys Oldswinford, Stourbridge, Marlborough Print, 43 Cradley Road, Cradley Heath (201)E" (2001) pp4,

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