Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
New Forest
Town
Damerham
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
48711

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Current location

St George's Church
Court Hill
Damerham
New Forest
Hampshire
SP6 3HU
England

OS Grid Ref: SU10750 15806
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
CREAM MARBLE TABLET SET INTO MOTTLED PINK AND CREAM MARBLE FRAME. INCISED BLACK ROMAN LETTERING. WHITE MARBLE CROSS IN MARBLE FRAME FORMS PART OF THE TOP BORDER. BOTTOM CENTRE METAL HAND WITH SWORD FIXED TO BOTTOM CENTRE. CARVED TUDOR ROSE FORMS CORNERPIECE OF FRAME.
Inscription
PRAISE GOD FOR OUR GALLENT MEN WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AND/ FOLLOWING THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE/ GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ (NAMES)/ Their reward also is with the Lord and/ the care of then is with the Most High./ THIS MEMORIAL IS SET UP BY THOSE WHO LOVED/ RICHARD GUY PURCELL, M.C., MAJOR R.G.A.,/ A GALLANT AND WELL-LOVED OFFICER WHO WAS MORTALLY/ WOUNDED NEAR TILLOY WOOD ON 28TH MARCH 1918,/ WHILST COMMANDING THE 31ST HEAVY BATTERY IN/ THE FAMOUS DEFENCE OF ARRAS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ambrose, George
Bailey, William Frank
Britten, Gilbert Sidney
Coote, Charles G Eyre
Edwards, George
Edwards, Herbert
Edwards, William Charles
Haines, Edward George
House, Alfred Ernest
Nicklen, Henry
See details for all 18 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 18
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 18
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,forename
    Order of information: rank,surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1600MM, width 710MM
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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