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

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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

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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
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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
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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