Memorial

Lieutenant H J C Walton-Wilson Tablet

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Current Location

Shotley Low Quarter St John's Church, Burnmill Bank, B6278, Snods Edge, Tynedale, Northumberland, DH8 9TJ, England

NZ 06366 52551

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 34234
Description: Sandstone tablet, formed into three panels by pilasters which arch over at the top with tracery, each having a pointed top. At the top of each panel is a badge or crest carved in half relief. The names are incised in plain letters. This is a family memorial to the Wilsons, but at the foot of the middle column there is a large crown carved in half relief. Beneath this is the name of a man who died at sea.
Inscription: BASE OF CENTRE PANEL of this family memorial: HUGH JOHN CRAUFORD/ WALTON-WILSON/ LIEUT. R.N. BORN 27TH JAN. 1915/ LOST IN H.M.S. COURAGEOUS/ 17TH SEPT. 1939

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, place of death,forename,manner of death, date of birth

Tablet

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

WMSS28.5
http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8841
Book-British Vessels Lost at Sea 1939-45 First published 1947 by HMSO. Republished by Patrick Stephen ISBN 0 85059 267 4