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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Communion or altar ware
- District
- Southampton
- Town
- Southampton
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21633
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Current location
Church of the Ascension
Thorold Road
Southampton
Southampton
Hampshire
SO18 1FX
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 44081 13945
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- ST LAURENCE CHURCH
Southampton
Southampton
Hampshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- ST LAURENCE CHURCH
- Description
- ALTAR CROSS AND CANDLESTICKS WITH DEDICATORY STONE TABLET. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. TABLET SET BELOW THE MEMORIAL TABLET WITH INSCRIPTION RELATING TO THE PREVIOUS LOCATION OF THE MEMORIAL INCISED GOLD PAINTED CROSS
- Inscription
- UPPER TABLET: TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE BOYS OF / ST. LAURENCE CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) / THE CROSS AND CANDLESTICKS ON THE ALTAR / OF THIS CHURCH WERE GIVEN BY MEMBERS OF THE / ST. LAURENCE CHOIR AND FRIENDS. LOWER TABLET: THESE AND TOMBSTONES WERE REMOVED FROM / ST. LAURENCE CHURCH / THE BODIES HAVE BEEN RE-INTERRED AT HOLLYBROOK. /
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Burden, A
Dack, W
Dixon, A A
Dixon, L S
Ebborn, H H
Ford, L C
Fuidge, C H
Gregory, T
Holdaway, W C
Hopkins, W J
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 14
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: height 130MM, width 840MM
Materials: Stone - Tablet
Measurements: height 470MM, width 590MM
Materials: Stone - Candle holder
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Memorial
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- CHURCH
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