Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Richmondshire
- Town
- West Burton
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72331
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Current location
on the pulpit
Methodist Chapel
Chapel Green
West Burton
Richmondshire
North Yorkshire
DL8 4JX
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 01691 86569
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Simple Brass plaque which refers to a (now lost) reading lamp
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ALAN L SMITH/WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS/COUNTRY IN BURMA MAY 1944/AGED 27 YEARS/This Reading Lamp/is given by his brothers and sisters
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Smith, Alan L
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Lamp or Lighting
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Lamp or Lighting
- 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
- photo is available on: www.mymethodisthistory.org.uk/page/west_burton_methodist_chapel_wensleydale?path=0p24p25p94p
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