Lance Corporal W Guy

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: East Hampshire
Town: Sheet
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Commemoration: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 40386

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Current location

St Mary Magdalen Church
Farnham Road
Sheet
East Hampshire
Hampshire
GU32 2AY
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 75807 24593
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Plaque with finials. Incised lettering coloured red and black. Incised lines on plaque forming borders, columns, Gothic-style tracery and floral decorations.

Inscription

TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM GUY/ LANCE CORPORAL/ 9TH (QUEEN'S ROYAL) LANCERS/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION/ AT LENFONTEIN S. AFRICA/ SEPT 27TH 1901 AGED 24 YEARS/ "WHETHER WE LIVE OR DIE, WE ARE THE LORD'S"/ ROM. XIV 8/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS/ FELLOW PARISHIONERS IN/ REMEMBRANCE OF A BRAVE SOLDIER

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Guy, William
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Commemorations

Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass

Listing information

CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE
Grade II
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Private

Reference

For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 74 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London

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