Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- South Wight
- Town
- Gatcombe
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Sir Thomas Brock RA (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 30 September 1922
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40768
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Current location
St Olaves Church
Gatcombe
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
PO30 3EG
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 49236 85094
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Box tomb with a reclining sculpture of the deceased in uniform on top.
- Inscription
- WE PRAY YOU COMMEND TO THE/ MERCY OF GOD THE SOUL OF/ CHARLES GRANT SEELY/ ELDEST SON OF SIR CHARLES/ SEELY, BARONET, AND DAME HILDA,/ HIS WIFE. BORN ON. NOV. 29,/ 1894, AND EDUCATED AT CHEAM/ ETON AND TRINITY COLLEGE,/ CAMBRIDGE, HE JOINED THE/ ISLE OF WIGHT RIFLES AT THE/ OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT WAR,/ AND, AFTER SERVING WITH/ DISTINCTION IN THE GALLIPOLI/ AND EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGNS, FELL/ GLORIOUSLY, THRICE WOUNDED,/ AT GAZA IN PALESTINE ON/ APRIL 19, 1917 WHILE LEADING/ THE ADVANCE UPON THE/ TURKISH POSITION - - -/ GREATLY BELOVED -- FOR HE WAS/ A VERY GALLANT GENTLEMAN --/ HE LIES IN THE CEMETERY AT/ GAZA, SURROUNDED BY THE MEN/ OF HIS REGIMENT WHO FELL/ WITH HIM THAT DAY/ MIZPAH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Seely, Charles Grant
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of burial, manner of death, relationships, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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