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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Derby
- Town
- Spondon
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58275
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Current location
On the south wall of the south aisle adjacent to the east wall.
St Werburghs Church
Church Hill
Spondon
Derby
Derbyshire
DE21 7LL
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 39809 35915
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- White marble tablet in the design of a rectangular scroll; RAF badge at the head; inscription in upright bold roman capitals coloured black; rectangular black marble backboard.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ PILOT-OFFICER/ FRANCIS RICHARD WALKER-SMITH/ AGED 24 YEARS/ KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ 13TH. MARCH 1941/ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED/ BY EMPLOYEES OF/ 'ROLLS-ROYCE, LIMITED'
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,forename,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height c 500mm, width c 350mm
Materials: Marble - White - Backboard
Measurements: height c 600mm, width c 450mm
Materials: Marble - Black
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Other
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