Memorial
Private W Greenwood
The gravestone
Source: Copyright David Long
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Current Location
Chorley Cemetery, Southport Road, Chorley, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1LL, England
OS Grid Reference
SD 57463 17695
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 94773
- Description
- Tall, lancet arched sandstone headstone with scrolled shoulders and carved column pilasters, with an angel holding an empty scroll in the centre of the arch, above a carving of the heads of a man and a woman, with their hands holding a lily aloft, with lilies at each side. The inscription is incised.
- Inscription
- .../ Also Pte. William Greenwood,/ (East Lanc. Regt.) their son,/ Died of Wounds in Rouen, France,/ Sept. 8th 1917, Aged 30 years./ ....
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Rank, forename, surname, relationship, manner, place, country, and date of death, age
- Order of names
- As above
- Custodian
- Chorley Council
Components
- Gravestone
Made from: Stone - Sandstone
Condition: Good