Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Mendip
- Town
- Mells
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1386
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Current location
In the Horner Chapel
St Andrew's Church
Mells
Mendip
Somerset
BA11 3PW
England
OS Grid Ref: ST7278349275
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Equestrian statue with portrait figure of Edward Horner on simple stone plinth. On one side is the coat of arms of the Horner family, and on the other Edward Horner's original battlefield cross.
- Inscription
- SOUTH SIDE: EDWARD/ DEAR SON OF JOHN HORNER AND FRANCES HIS WIFE/ WHO FELL IN ACTION AT NOYELLES/ NOV 21 1917/ AGED TWENTY EIGHT WEST SIDE: SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ LIEUT. E. W. HORNER/ 18TH W.Q.M.O. HUSSARS/ DIED OF/ WOUNDS/ RECEIVED IN ACTION/ NOV 21ST/ 1917. NORTH SIDE: HE HATH OUTSOARED THE SHADOW OF OUR NIGHT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Horner, Edward W
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death, age of death, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plinth
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Edward Horner
- WMO ID: 121136
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-05-2017]
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- Costs
Memorial: £1000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 8 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK
- More information- thereturned.co.uk/crosses/mells-somerset/
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