Memorial

Captain R F Wolstenholme and Lieutenant G M Wolstenholme

Source: Copyright Jackie Harness

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Current Location

Christ Church, Bessborough Road, Oxton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43 5RW, England

SJ 30915 87872

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Church Fabric / Fitting: Pulpit or pulpit part
WMR Reference Number: 2287
Description: Heavily carved pulpit bearing figures of Officers in Service Dress and the Crucifixion. Carved panels bear the oak leaf sprig of the Cheshire Regiment at each corner while the other similarly bears the Yorkshire Rose of the Yorkshire Regiment
Inscription: Face 1 plaque: ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THEIR DEAR MEMORY BY/ THEIR PARENTS RICHARD MELLOR AND FRANCIS WOLSTENHOLME. Face 2 plaque: IN LOVING &/ AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF/ CAPTAIN RICHARD/ FRANCIS WOLSTENHOLME/ 15TH BATT:/ CHESHIRE REGIMENT/ KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS/ 28TH NOV. 1916./ AGED 22./ Face 6 plaque: ALSO OF/ LIEUT. GEORGE MELLOR/ WOLSTENHOLME, M.C./ 9TH BATT:/ YORKSHIRE REGIMENT/ KILLED IN ACTION AT/ BEAUREVOIR, FRANCE,/ 5TH OCT. 1918./ AGED 21

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank, regiment, surname, place of death, forenames, manner of death, age, relationships, decorations
Order of names: date of death

Pulpit

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good