Memorial

Midshipman P A W Wait And Lieutenant C F W Wait

Memorial tablet

Source: Copyright Doug Ireland

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Current Location

St Andrews Church, Church Rd, Hasketon, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, IP13 6JB, England

TM 25025 50433

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
WMR Reference Number: 5504
Description: Reredos with marble wall-mounted dedicatory marble tablet bearing bronze Crests of HMS Queen Mary and the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Incised inscription
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MIDSHIPMAN / PERCY ARTHUR WELLS WAIT RN / WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND / 31 MAY 1916 AGED 18 YEARS / AND / LIEUT CHARLES FREDERICK WELLS WAIT/ 10TH BATT KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY / WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME / 15TH JULY 1916 AGED 21 YEARS / THE REREDOS IS ERECTED BY THEIR PARENTS / A COT IN THE UNION JACK CLUB LONDON IS ENDOWED / BY THEIR WELLS RELATIVES TO THEIR MEMORY

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Rank, forename, middle names, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
Order of names: Date of death

Memorial

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Plaque

Height: 14"

Width: 21"

Made from: Marble - Red

Condition: Good