Memorial

Leslie Stewart Cole

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Current Location

St. Oswald's Church, Bidston Village Rd, Bidston, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43 7QT, England

SJ 28348 90251

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 2372
Description: Two-pane stained glass window with a dedication at the bottom. On the left pane there is the figure of a man and on the right one a woman. On top there is a crest. There is an engraved rectangular brass plaque beneath the window.
Inscription: (Window): IN LOVING MEMORY OF LESLIE STEWART COLE/ 2ND LIEUT CHESHIRE REGT KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE OCT. 1915 AGED / 24 YEARS (Plaque): TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LESLIE STEWART COLE/ THIS WINDOW IS PLACED BY HIS FATHER & MOTHER/ HENRY ALEXANDER AND RHODA COLE/ ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS & MEN/ OF THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT, WHO WERE ENCAMPED/ AT BIDSTON, AND WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR,/ 1914-1919

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, year died, regiment, forename, surname, manner of death, age of death, place of death, relationships

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Window

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Good