Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Herefordshire
- Town
- Ross On Wye
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
Date: 29 April 2018
Attended by: Congregation of St. Frances of Rome
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61066
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Current location
St Frances of Rome
Sussex Avenue
Ross On Wye
South Herefordshire
Hereford And Worcester
HR9 5AL
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 59881 23854
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Previous locations
- Blessed Sacrament Church
Corpus Christi Lane
Ross On Wye
South Herefordshire
Hereford And Worcester
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Blessed Sacrament Church
- Description
- Rectangular plaque with incised lettering and decorative foliate border. Regimental badge in top left corner and monogram of the letter 'WJ M L' in lower right corner.
- Inscription
- OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF/ WILFRID JOHN MASSEY LYNCH/ LIEUTENANT 3RD DRAGOON GUARDS/ AND SOMETIME OF THIS PARISH/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE 4TH APRIL 1918/ Greater Love hath no man than this/ that a man lay down his life for his friends (St John XV-13)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Massey-lynch, Wilfrid John
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 3 mm, height 305 mm, width 610 mm
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Lt W J Massey-Lynch
- WMO ID: 65158
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 15-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Originally in the old Ross Church till approx 1930. Taken to the new church in Ross in 1931, but was never installed due to a disagreement between the family (who paid for it) and the priest.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Gwendoline and Lilse Massey-Lynch. - Reference
- Our Blog ukniwm.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/memorial-rediscovered-after-80-years/
- Another memorial has been erected at All Saints church - The church in the trees at Bishopswood. Herefordshire. His name has been coupled with Lieutenant F. T. Harris who was his broter in law. His name is also on a memorial at St. Joseph's church, Warren Road, Blundellsands, Liverpool L23 6UE. See ref: 15121 Wilfrid John Massey-Lynch's name is commemorated on the Pozieres memorial, Somme. France. Other Refs are: The Ross Gazette: 23 July 1914 (marriage), 18 April 1918 ( war items), 1 April 1920, 17 November 2010, The Stonyhurst War Record, National Archives: W/O 339/73882, W/O 95/1153 (war diares)
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