Memorial

Charles Henry Dwyer

Dwyer plaque

Source: Stella Edwards

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Current Location

St Hildeburghs Church, Stanley Road, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside, CH47 1HE, England

SJ 21397 88919

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2467
Description: Brass plaque on marble backboard Badge of Worcestershire Regiment at top centre
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF OUR MOST DEAR AND/BRAVE SON/CHARLES HENRY DWYER,/CAPTAIN 10TH BATT. WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT,/AGED 21 YEARS./KILLED NEAR GRANDECOURT BY A SNIPER NOV. 17TH 1916,/JUST AS HE HAD COMPELETED A DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS/RECONNAISANCE DUTY WITH GREAT GALLANTRY,/HE WAS BURIED WHERE HE FELL./"HE ASKED LIFE OF THEE, AND THOU GAVEST IT TO HIM./EVEN LENGTH OF DAYS FOR EVER AND EVER."/PSALM XXI 4.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, Regiment, Place of death, Forename, Place of burial, Manner of death, Age of death, Relationships
Order of names: Relationships, Forename, Rank, Regiment, Age of death, Manner of death, Place of death, Place of burial

Backboard

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

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