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

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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
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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: Forename, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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