Tuesday 30 September 2014

Cawthorne, All Saints Church, Lionel Walsh Memorial Tablet

Lionel Walsh is remembered by his sister in Cawthorne Church (photo taken 25 September 2014)
Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photograph by Pete Schofield
 

Inscription:
In proud and everlasting memory of / Lionel Walsh / Major 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers / Brother of Beatrice Scott-Smith, Banks Hall / who gave his life for his country on July 4th 1916 at / Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France / aged 41 years / "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."

Major Walsh is also remembered on the Cawthorne War Memorial.

He is buried in Beauval Communal Cemetery and commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. 




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