Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wrexham
- Town
- Marchwiel
- County
- Clwyd
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 49855
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Current location
St Deiniol and St Marcella's Church
Wrexham Road
Marchwiel
Wrexham
Clwyd
LL13 0PH
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SJ 35730 47720
Denomination: Church in Wales
- Description
- Wall mounted, oval stone incised tablet with black lettering.
- Inscription
- In Memory of / VICTOR JOSEPH YORKE, / AGED 23 YEARS. / LIEUT R. A. ENGINEERS, / SON OF SIMON YORKE, / OF ERDDIG. / Having served all through / the Zulu Campaign / and subsequently in the Basuto's Rebellion / he was killed by the / enemy's picket April 6th 1881. / His body was interred at / Palmietfontein / South Africa.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, unit and details of death
Order of information: Undefined
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Memorial
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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