Memorial

Captain A M Wallace and Lieutenant C W Wallace

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Current Location

Located in vicinity of What3Words ///spouse.manly.groom, St James the Great Church, Church End, South Leigh, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX29 6US, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 39403 09005

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 31666
Description: Three-stepped base surmounted by a square- to octagonal-section plinth and a tapering shaft. All topped with a Calvary cross depicting the Crucifixion. Three badges are carved into three sides of the plinth - two of the badges can be identified as Northamptonshire Regiment and 47th Sikhs. Inscription in relief on three sides of plinth in gothic lettering.
Inscription: Face 1: In loving memory of/ Alexander Moultrie Wallace, Captain,/ Northants Regt killed in action at/ Neuve Chapelle 12th March 1915, aged 33 Face 2: I am the Resurrection/ & the life Whosoever/ liveth & believeth in/ me shall never die./ Greater love hath no man than this that/ a man lay down his life for his friends Face 3: and of his youngest brother/ Cyril Walter Wallace, Lieutenant,/ Forty seventh Sikhs killed in action in/ Mesopotamia 8th March 1916, aged 25

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age

History

Sponsor Type: private
Maintenance History: Inscription barely legible.

Conservation

Components

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Plinth

Made from: Stone

Condition: At Risk

Base

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good