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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
- 48093
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Current location
St Marys Church
Rectory Rd
Oldswinford
Dudley
West Midlands
DY8 1HA
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 90800 83180
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Nowy-headed bronze plaque.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF / CAPT.ARTHUR LESLIE SIMMS DSC RAF / YOUNGEST SON OF GEORGE FREDERICK AND LUARA SARAH SIMMS / OF THE FARLANDS OLDSWINFORD / (...) SUNDERLAND WHILST FLYING ON / ACTIVE SERVICE JULY 14TH 1918 AGED 20 / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH / HE HAS OUTSOARED THE SHADOW OF OUR NIGHT.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- 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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