Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Cotswold
- Town
- Cirencester
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 20704
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Current location
St John the Baptist Church
West Market Place
Cirencester
Cotswold
Gloucestershire
GL7 2NX
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 0233602062
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ?SLATE TABLET SET WITHIN A MOULDED STONE FRAME
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF / LIEUTENANT / RICHARD EVELYN / WESTMACOTT R.N. / SEVENTH SON OF CANON LEWIS WESTMACOTT / AND EVELYN HIS WIFE. BORN MAY 17TH 1915 / HE LOST HIS LIFE IN MAY 1940 WHEN LIAISON / OFFICER IN THE FREE FRENCH SUBMARINE DORIS / I THANK MY GOD UPON / EVERY MENTION / OF YOU
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- Church of St John the Baptist and attached railings and gates
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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