Memorial

Vice Admiral C S Wills

Vice Admiral CS Wills brass plaque memorial in St Mary's Church Woodchester

Source: Jon Webber

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Current Location

St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Road, Woodchester, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 5PG, England

SO 83984 02669

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 35463
Description: Square Brass Plaque with inscribed upper case letters on wooden backboard
Inscription: IN BELOVED MEMORY OF / CHARLES SAMUEL WILLS / VICE-ADMIRAL ROYAL NAVY / CMG, DSO, LEGION D'HONNEUR / CROIX-DE-GUERRE (AVEC PALMES) / COMMANDED HMS EREBUS AT / ZEEBRUGGE 1918 WAS WOUNDED IN / ACTION SHORTLY AFTERWARDS & / FROM THE EFFECTS OF INJURIES / THEN SUSTAINED HE DIED 12th / DEC. 1931 & WAS BURIED AT SEA

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, service,forename,place of burial,manner of death,additional, decorations

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Unknown

Backboard

Made from: Wood

Condition: Unknown