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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- South Herefordshire
- Town
- Ross On Wye
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- ALFRED WILLIAM URSELL (Mason)
ROLAND W PAUL FSA (Architect)
W. SAUNDERS of Cirencester (Undefined) - Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 27th June 1920
Attended by: ARCHDEACON OF HEREFORD
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32978
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Current location
St Mary the Virgin Church
Church Street
Ross On Wye
South Herefordshire
Hereford And Worcester
HR9 5HN
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 598 241
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ORNATE CHAPEL SCEEN WITH DEDICATORY WHITE MARBLE TABLET SET WITHIN AN ORNATE STONE FRAME. INSCRIPTION IN GOLD AND BLACK LETTERING TABLET: WHITE LATIN CROSS ON A BLUE MOSAIC BACKGROUND AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE TABLET WITH A RICHLY GILDED WREATH AT THE BASE OF THE CROSS SCREEN: DECORATED WITH 36 REGIMENTAL AND COUNTY CRESTS
- Inscription
- TOP: DULCE ET DECORUM EST/ PRO PATRIA MORI/ ROSS ROLL OF HONOUR LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES: (NAMES) CENTRE: 1914-1919/ TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN EVER/ THANKFUL MEM-/ ORY OF THOSE/ MEN OF ROSS/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR THE/ CHAPEL SCREEN/ TOGETHER WITH/ THIS TABLET ARE/ SET UP BY THE/ PARISHIONERS/ ANO. DOMI. 1920
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arbery, Ernest Edw
Bird, Chas Henry
Blake, Edward
Bland, Chas Henry
Bray, Henry J
Brown, Wm Martin
Cater, Cecil Kerwood
Cater, Jas Percival
Chester, Jas Henry
Clarke, Wm Chas
See details for all 98 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 98
Served and returned: 0
Died: 98
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname,forename,regiment
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone -Derby - Tablets
Measurements: depth 100 mm, height c 1550 mm, width c 2810 mm
Materials: Marble - Sicilian - Screen
Measurements: depth 200 mm, height c 3070 mm, width c 8500 mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Frame
- 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
- Costs
Memorial: £900
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Manu-Forti -A History of the Herefordshire Regiment 1860-1967 by Lt. Col. T.J. B. Hill MBE, KSLI
- Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
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