Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- New Forest
- Town
- Fordingbridge
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40542
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Current location
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
Church St
Fordingbridge
New Forest
Hampshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 145 138
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- BRASS PLAQUE
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ CHARLES JOHN VENABLES DSO/ MAJOR OF THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF INFANTRY/ ELDEST SON OF ADDINGTON R. P. VENABLES BISHOP OF NASSAU/ BORN ON THE 21ST JANUARY 1865 KILLED IN ACTION ON/ THE 8TH AUGUST 1915 ON CHANNAK BAIR, GALLIPOLI./ IN GOD IS MY TRUST
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Venables, Charles John
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 420MM, width 860MM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
- 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
- Condition
- MAJ C J VENABLES
- WMO ID: 84006
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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