War memorials, North Yorkshire
War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Weston (Herts),
- Holy Trinity Church
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The First World War Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Weston (Herts) The First World War Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Weston (Herts)
Photo : John Hendry of the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials

The First World War Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Weston (Herts) is a bronze rectangular plaque with a nowy head and the names in two columns in raised lettering. Top centre is a cross with oak leaves and acorns.

32 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, of whom 1 was a former soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment.

Driver Alfred Ernest Austin, 23542. 150th Coy Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 2773 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Austin, of Hitchin Lane, Weston, Stevenage, Herts. Killed 10 April 1918. Aged 28.
Born Duffield (Yorks), Enlisted Middleton-on-the-Wold.
Buried HAVERSKERQUE BRITISH CEMETERY.

Alfred Ernest Austin was born in Weston, Herts, in 1890, - NOT "Duffield" (sic). He was Christened in Holy Trinity Church, Weston, on 5 October 1890. In 1911 he was a waggoner in Sheriff Hutton (Yorks)

The First World War Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Weston (Herts) The First World War Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Weston (Herts) - detail
Photo : John Hendry of the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials

Holy Trinity Church, Weston (Herts)Holy Trinity Church, Weston (Herts)
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