Friends of Marple Memorial Park's WWI Timeline Tribute display in the park has been updated with information about Alfred Sutton and George (James) Walter Miller.
Both men were killed during the same action on 23 April 1917, Alf in the morning and James in the evening. There is some personal information known about Alf but sadly not James, who also seems to have suffered having the wrong name recorded on both Marple and High Lane memorials. As the card explains, the circumstances leading to this are not known.
The display is fixed to the railings in front of Hollins House in the park. It starts on the far left with an A4 poster explaining what's happening and information cards about Alfred Sutton and James Miller have now been added. Cards about the remaining men will be added progressively over the next 2 years on the 100th Anniversaries of their recorded dates of death.
You can read more about this on the Friends of the Park web site in the WWI Heritage section:
http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/wwi-heritage.htmlYou can also follow the Timeline on Twitter
https://twitter.com/MarpleWWI and on Face Book
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