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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Newark And Sherwood
Town
Kneesall
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
27218

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Current location

CHANCEL WALL
ST BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH
Newark Road
Kneesall
Newark And Sherwood
Nottinghamshire
NG22 0AD
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 70400 64200
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Brass Tablet on the North Wall of the Chancel
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF CORPL. JOHN WHYLEY/ CHELL 44 SQDN 12TH BATTN IMPERIAL YEOMANRY/ UNDERGRADUATE OF ST JOHNS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, SON OF/ THE VICAR OF THIS PARISH, WHO FELL IN ACTION AT/ LEEWSPRUIT ON 25 FEBRUARY 1902 AND WAS BURIED AT/ BETHSHEBA FARM HARRISMITH AGED 21 YEARS/ "THIS TABLET WAS PLACED BY HIS FELLOW PARISHIONERS AND/ FRIENDS IN TOKEN OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF HIS/ STERLING AND MANLY CHARACTER
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW
  • 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
Private

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