A gravestone, laid flat. The key part (for this purpose) of the text reads:
...THE RIGHT HONOURABLE STETPHEN WALSH MP...
FOR 23 YEARS
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE INCE DICISION
DIED MARCH 16TH 1929, IN HIS 70TH YEAR...
The sone also commemorates Anne Walsh (his wife, who lived until 1944), their son Arthur (KIA in 1918 with the South Lancashire Regiment), and four other family members.
Photo my own, from 2019.
A black and white portrait photo of a late middle aged white man with thinning hair and a moustache. He is wearing a jacket, collar and tie. Photo via www.spartacus-educational.com
The grave of Rt. Hon. Stephen Walsh MP, miner & first Labour Sec. of State for War, at Holy Trinity, Downall Green, #StHelens Borough (historically Ashton-in-Makerfield). Known as 'Little Ste', he was a legendary figure, as his NY Times obituary conveys: www.nytimes.com/1929/03/17/a...
#Lancashire