Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- St Helens
- Town
- Downall Green, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53040
Support IWM
Any gift we receive makes a vital contribution to our ongoing work, from conserving our collection to supporting our public programme.
Current location
Holy Trinity Church
Rectory Road
Downall Green
Ashton-in-Makerfield
St Helens
Merseyside
WN4 0QF
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 55769 00462
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- MARBLE TABLET WITH CURVED AND SHOULDERED TOP BADGE OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT WITH GOLD EMBELLISHMENT AT TOP CENTRE
- Inscription
- IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF/ WILLIAM LESLIE PARDEY/ OF THIS PARISH,/ 2ND LIEUT. 5TH BATTN SOUTH LANCS REGT/ WHO FELL IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ 16TH SEPTEMBER 1916,/ AGED 19 YEARS./ AND WAS INTERRED/ IN THE BRITISH MILITARY CEMETERY, ETAPLES./ "HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY, AND HIS SOUL TO HIS GOD."/ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Pardey, William Leslie
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 death,regiment,place of death,forenames,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.
This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:
© WMR-53040
For queries, please contact [email protected].