St. Peter's Bryn War Memorial
Posted: 16 Apr 2013 22:19
I was very honoured last night to give a presentation to St Peter's, Bryn Fellowship group on how to research the Memorial in the church and compile a biography of each individual soldier who sacrificed their life's in both World Wars. For anyone who has Wigan Soldier Ancestors two volunteers have copied all articles from the Wigan Observer and Examiner and compiled them in files and also indexed them for WW1 and WW2. What would have taken me weeks or months looking for articles for these men only took a hour.
I was also very moved by a individual memorial to Lance-Corporal David Norman Worswick 2nd Grenadier Guards Killed in action 15th September 1916 on the Somme Battlefield and it was the original marker that marked his resting place were he fell and it reads. "In loving memory of LCp David Norman Worswick, 2nd Batt, Grenadier Guards who fell in action on the Somme Battlefield between ? 15th September 1916 The above cross marked his grave were he fell"
Across the middle of the cross is wrote "A British Soldier" I am going to go back to the church and get a better copy of the Cross to see what else is on it.
I was also very moved by a individual memorial to Lance-Corporal David Norman Worswick 2nd Grenadier Guards Killed in action 15th September 1916 on the Somme Battlefield and it was the original marker that marked his resting place were he fell and it reads. "In loving memory of LCp David Norman Worswick, 2nd Batt, Grenadier Guards who fell in action on the Somme Battlefield between ? 15th September 1916 The above cross marked his grave were he fell"
Across the middle of the cross is wrote "A British Soldier" I am going to go back to the church and get a better copy of the Cross to see what else is on it.