Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Medina
Town
Ryde
County
Isle Of Wight
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Maker
Gawthorp and Sons (Manufacturer)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40829

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Current location

ST JOHNS CHURCH
Ryde
Medina
Isle Of Wight
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 603 918
Denomination: Church of England

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Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET/ THE HONOURABLE/ SIR ARTHUR GOUGH-CALTHORPE/ G.C.B., G.C.M.B., C.V.O./ GRAND OFFICER OF THE/ LEGION OF HONOUR ETC.,/ BORN 23RD DECEMBER 1864/ DIED 27TH JULY 1937/ IN THE GREAT WAR HE/ COMMANDED, 2ND CRUISER SQUADRON 1914/ SECOND SEA LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY 1916/ COMMANDER IN CHIEF MEDITERRANEAN 1917/ HIGH COMMISSIONER CONSTANTINOPLE/ CONCLUDED THE ARMISTICE WITH TURKEY 1918/ COMMANDER IN CHIEF PORTSMOUTH 1919/ FIRST AND PRINCIPAL NAVAL A.D.C. TO THE KING 1924/ BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART/ FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename,occupation,additional,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • MERYD008

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