Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Fareham
Town
Titchfield
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
SIR CHARLES A NICHOLSON (Designer)
MR T J RUSHTON (Architect)
Ceremony
  • Faculty Granted
    Date: 07th October 1921
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
21285

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Current location

St Peters Church
Church St
Titchfield
Fareham
Hampshire
PO14 4AH
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 54093 05788
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Rectangular light grey alabaster tablet , the longer axis horizontal , a raised border round the edges , a flat pediment at the top . In the upper panel on the left a wreath within which is a plain cross coloured gold and then the inscription incised and coloured dark red. In the lower panel round the outer edge are four laurel swags each with a rose in the centre and within the lower panel the names incised and coloured dark red .
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN WHO IN THE YEAR 1914 AND THEREAFTER/ WENT OUT FROM THIS PARISH AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN MANY WIDELY SUNDERED PARTS OF/ THE WORLD BY SEA AND LAND AND AIR. MAY GOD GRANT THAT WHATEVER BE THE PATH MANKIND/ IS DESTINED TO TRACE THERE MAY ALWAYS IN ALL COUNTRIES BE MEN WHO AT THE CALL/ OF THAT WHICH THEY HOLD TO BE THEIR DUTY WILL FACE WITH LIKE STEDFASTNESS(sic)/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bedford, G W
Biddle, A
Biddle, F
Bowers, F J
Bowers, F J
Bowers, H W
Bowman, E C
Cade, F T D
Chalk, C
Couzens, H
See details for all 41 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 41
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 41
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank , initials , surname , unit
    Order of information: alphabetical by surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 95MM, height 1000MM, width 2010MM
    Materials: Alabaster
Listing information
  • PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public

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