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    Memorial

    C J Prior

    Charles James Prior

    Source: James Waters

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    Current Location

    Section 15C Plot 952, Rake Lane Cemetery, Section 15C Plot 952, Rake Lane, Liscard, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, CH45 5DL, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 30741 92665

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    © WMR-113132

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    Type of Memorial
    Addition to gravestone
    WMR Reference Number
    113132
    Description
    Curved topped stone with mantle shoulders dropping to a second set of the same. Either side of the text panel is a carving of a flower with trailing leaves. The text panel is slightly higher than the two sides and has a caving of a central flower with leaves either side at its top. Lettering is in raised block capitals
    Inscription
    / ALSO THEIR SECOND SON / CHARLES JAMES / WHO LOST HIS LIFE DURING THE GREAT WAR / IN THE DISASTER TO NO. 1 PILOT BOAT / WHICH WAS SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION AT THE BAR / 28TH DECEMBER 1917 AGED 19 YEARS. /
    War
    First World War - civilians
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Surname; Forename; Cause and date of death; Age at death
    Maker(s)

    Ceremonies

    Components

    Gravestone

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2973608/charles-j-prior/ (accessed 08/07/2025)