Memorial

Second Lieutenant G Barber

Macclesfield Christ Church Lt Barber WWI memorial

Source: Copyright Rosie Rowley

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Current Location

Christ Church, Waterloo St West, Macclesfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 6EG, England

SJ 91403 73528

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 12990
Description: Marble Tablet IN THE FORM OF A SCROLL IN A COLUMNED FRAME WITH A PEDIMENT, and the REGIMENTAL BADGE IN the PEDIMENT.
Inscription: IN/ AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ GEORGE BARBER/ 2ND LIEUT 9TH ROYAL FUSILIERS/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION/ AT GUEUDECOURT/ OCT 3RD 1916 AND WAS/ BURIED AT FLERS IN FRANCE/ "Greater love hath no man than this/ that he lay down his life for his friends"/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/ BY HIS SORROWING WIDOW.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death

Tablet

Height: 1200MM

Width: 660MM

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good