Memorial details

Memorial type
Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
District
Hereford
Town
Hereford
County
Hereford And Worcester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony

  • Date: 1924
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
32514

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Current location

Hereford Cathedral
Hereford
Hereford
Hereford And Worcester
HR4 9BL
England

OS Grid Ref: SO 50954 39798
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
CRYPT OF THE LADY CHAPEL RESTORED. ALTAR PIECE ADDED WITH ITS REREDOS. The reredos is in the form of a triptych with two plain arcades and a central panel lettered underneath. The central panel contains three figures – a Roman soldier on the left (a portrait of Basil Webb himself) with St Michael in the centre, and St Ethelbert on the right (holding a model of Hereford Cathedral).
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF BASIL WEBB, SON OF HARRY WEBB, BART. OF HOLME LACY WHO DIED IN WW1 (WORDING UNKNOWN). 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo et in Terra Pax – Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace'. The central panel contains three figures – a Roman soldier on the left (a portrait of Basil Webb himself) with St Michael in the centre, and St Ethelbert on the right (holding a model of Hereford Cathedral).
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Webb, Basil
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: Sir Henry Webb, 1st baronet, a liberal MP who during the First World War raised and commanded the 13th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and the 14th Battalion Worcestershire regiment. Basil was his only son.
Reference

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