Memorial details

Memorial type
Garden
District
Salisbury
Town
Downton
County
Wiltshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 5th August 1922
    Attended by: RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
50963

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Current location

IN MEMORIAL GARDENS TO WEST OF MEMORIAL HALL
MEMORIAL HALL
The Borough
Downton
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP5 3NB
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 173 215
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
SUNDIAL SET WITH FOUR BRASS PLAQUES WITHIN MEMORIAL GARDEN
Inscription
ON FOUR BRASS PLAQUES: PLAQUE ONE: IN HONOURED AND LOVING MEMORY OF EDWARD ST LAURENT BONVALOT, SECOND LIEUTENANT COLDSTREAM GUARDS, PLAQUE TWO: WHO FELL IN ACTION AT LOOS IN THE GREAT WAR, OCTOBER 8TH 1915 PLAQUE THREE: THIS GAREN IS PRESENTED TO DOWNTON BY HIS MOTHER EMILY BONVALOT OF WICK HOUSE PLAQUE FOUR: O VALIANT DEAD TAKE COMFORT WHERE YOU LIE. SO SWEET TO LIVE? MAGNIFICENT TO DIE! (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Edward, St Laurent Bonvalot
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    Order of information: rank,regiment,forename,place of death,year died
Components
  • Plaques
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Garden
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - York
  • Sundial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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