Memorial

Major C G Bishop DSO

The inscription

1/3

Current Location

St Helens Cemetery, Sect. 8.062, Rainford Road, or Hard Lane , St Helens , St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 6DF , England

SJ 49855 96993

Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 102823
Description: Tall shrouded sandstone Celtic Cross in the Manx style, with the wheel pierced around the crossing, within which is carved the Christogram Chi Rho. Celtic carvings decorate the cross and the borders of the inscription panel, which carries a carved inscription in Gaelic style lettering. Set at the head of a double, kerbed grave space. A Cross is outlined on the reverse of the stone.
Inscription: .../ Charles Gamble DSO/ Major, Royal Engineers TF/ Killed in Action in/ Flanders Octr. 30 1917/ Aged 39 years./ ....

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Family name, forenames, award, rank, unit, manner, place, and date of death, age
Order of names: As above

Gravestone

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good