Memorial

Lieutenant C B Astley And Lieutenant-Commander C De Merindol Malan

Plaque.

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Current Location

St James & St Emmanuel Church, Albion Street, New Brighton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH45 9LE, England

SJ 30640 93891

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2297
Description: Brass plaque with capitals in inscription picked out in red
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ CHRISTOPHER BASIL ASTLEY/ LIEUT 10TH (SCOTTISH) THE KINGS LIVERPOOL REGT/ AGED 22 YOUNGEST SON OF THE REVD JOHN HENRY ASTLEY MA/ (CURATE OF THIS PARISH 1907-1919) AND SOPHIA RIDGWAY HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED AT ROUEN OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION/JULY 27TH 1918/ ALSO THEIR SON-IN-LAW/ CHARLES CAESAR DE MERINDOL MALAN/ LIEUT-COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY, HMS 'OPAL'/ AGED 31, DROWNED AT SEA ON ACTIVE SERVICE, JAN. 12TH.1918/ CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of names: forename,rank,regiment,age of death,relationships,place of death,manner of death,year died

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good