Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Salisbury
Town
Coombe Bissett
County
Wiltshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths, First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
23892

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Current location

ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH
Coombe Bissett
Salisbury
Wiltshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 10808 26324
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
NOWEY HEADED BRASS PLAQUE. CROSS AND CROSSED FLAGS OF UK AND CANADA AT TOP.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM BENSON K.C.B./COLONEL 21ST. (EMPRESS OF INDIA'S) LANCERS/HONORARY COLONEL - 19TH LINCOLN REGIMENT (CANADA)/HONORARY COLONEL - 106TH WINNIPEG LIGHT INFANTRY/CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH//BORN 2ND AUGUST 1849 - DIED ON DUTY IN CANADA 20TH AUGUST 1916/+ PRO PATRIA +/ALSO OF/CAROLINE,/WIDOW OF ABOVE/WHO DIED 8TH FEBRUARY 1924
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Benson, Sir F
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Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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