Memorial

Captain W K F G Warneford AFC and crew of airship N.S.11

Memorial

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Current Location

On North aisle wall, All Saints Church, Dudwell Lane, Salterhebble, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX3 0SD, England

SE 09314 22714

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2592
Description: WALL-MOUNTED BRASS NOWY-HEADED PLAQUE. ALABASTER SURROUND. INCISED BLACK LETTERING. FAMILY CREST AT TOP. AIR MEDAL IN RELIEF AT BASE LEFT. RAF FLAG AT BASE RIGHT.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WALTER KEMEYS FRANCIS WOODALL/ WARNEFORD A.F.C./ CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE/ WHO JOINED THE AIR SERVICE IN 1914/ SERVED WITH THE FORCES IN FRANCE/ AND LATER WAS IN COMMAND OF H.M. AIRSHIP N.S.II./ THIS GALLANT PILOT SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914 TO 1918, WAS MENTIONED TWICE IN DESPATCHES/ RECEIVED THE THANKS OF THE AIR COUNCIL/ FOR ZEAL AND DEVOTION TO DUTY/ AND WAS AWARDED THE AIR FORCE CROSS./ WHILST ON MINE CLEARANCE OPERATIONS OFF /SHERINGHAM JULY 15TH 1919, N.S.11 EXPLODED/ DURING A THUNDERSTORM WITH THE / TOTAL LOSS OF HER CREW./ HE WAS THE ONLY CHILD OF/ WALTER WYNDHAM HANBURY WARNEFORD O.B.E./ AND MARY ELIZABETH HIS WIFE/ OF HUYTON, LIVERPOOL/ AND WAS BAPTIZED IN THIS CHURCH./ HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF CANON J.H. WARNFORD/ OF WARNEFORD PLACE, HIGHWORTH, WILTS./ WHO WAS FIRST VICAR OF THIS PARISH/ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS/ TO THEIR BRAVE AND FEARLESS SON/ AGED 24/ THE LORD IS THY KEEPER/ PSALM CXXI

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

Frame

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good