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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
- 48097
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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
- Bronze panel
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN LOVING MEMORY OF / SECOND LIEUTENANT / GILBERT CULCHETH HOLCROFT / SEOND BATTALION DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY / KILLED IN ACTION WHILST GALLANTLY LEADING / HIS MEN IN THE ATTACK WHICH SUCCEEDED IN / CAPTURING THE HOOGE RIDGE FLANDERS / ON AUGUST 9TH 1915 / BORN OCTOBER 23RD 1894 / ELDEST SON OF GEORGE HARRY AND ANNE GERTRUDE HOLCROFT / OF THE GRANGE IN THIS PARISH / BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH & I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE / PRO PATRIA
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Holcroft, Gilbert Culcheth
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
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 - Reference
- Pamphlet: Peacock, Roy - Memorials of the Great War at St Marys Oldswinford, Stourbridge (2001) Marlborough Print, 73 Cradley Road, Cradley Heath P 9
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