Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Walsall
- Town
- Walsall
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 68465
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Current location
St. Matthew's Church
Church Hill
Walsall
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 2EY
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 98728 95343
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular marble tablet with nowy head. Regimental badge of South Staffordshire Regiment featured at top centre of tablet. Lettering engraved in black.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN BARNABAS HUTTON/ LIEUT. 5TH BATT. SOUTH STAFFS. REGT./ TERRITORIAL FORCE/ KILLED IN THE ATTACK ON/ THE HOHENZOLLERN REDOUBT IN FRANCE/ OCT 13TH 1915. AGED 24./ A TRIBUTE OF HIGH ESTEEM FROM/ THE STAFF AND WORKMEN AT/ THE CYCLOPS AND NEW SIDE IRONWORKS/ "Greater love hath no man than this that/ a man lay down his life for his friends."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hutton, John Barnabas
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- 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 - Reference
- www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/732576/HUTTON, JOHN BARNABAS
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