Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Medina
- Town
- Carisbrooke (Newport)
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21738
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Current location
St Mary the Virgin Church
High Street
Carisbrooke (Newport)
Medina
Isle Of Wight
PO30 1NR
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 48559 88239
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Dome headed brass plaque on wooden backboard
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF/ HENRY ALAN VALLINGS/LIEUT COLONEL 29th PUNJABIS/ WHO FELL IN ACTION AT MBUYUNI EAST AFRICA/ ON THE 14TH JULY 1915 AGED 49 YEARS/ DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORT/ ALSO OF/ ALAN FREDERICK DUDLEY INFANT SON OF THE ABOVE/ LIEUT COLONEL H A VALLINGS AND GERTRUDE HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED AT DALHOUSIE INDIA ON THE 16TH APRIL 1904/ AGED 7 MONTHS/ "JESUS...TOOK A CHILD AND SET HIM UP"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Vallings, Henry Alan
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, date of death, place of death, forenames,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Backboard
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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