Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rother
- Town
- Burwash
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58393
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Current location
St Bartholomew's Church
High Street A265
Burwash
Rother
East Sussex
TN19 7EH
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 67710 24740
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- An oval bronze plaque with a representation of laurel wreath surround and a badge of the regiment at the top.
- Inscription
- Plaque: TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ JOHN KIPLING/ LIEUTENANT SECOND BATTALION/ IRISH GUARDS. THE SON OF/ RUDYARD AND CAROLINE KIPLING/ OF BATEMAN'S WHO FELL AT/ THE BATTLE OF LOOS/ THE 27th OF SEPTEMBER 1915/ AGED/ EIGHTEEN YEARS AND SIX WEEKS/ QUI ANTE DIEM/ PERIIT. (Translation: He departed before daybreak) Framed notice under plaque: This plaque, in memory of John, only son of Rudyard and Caroline Kipling, who aged eighteen years and six months (sic) gave his life for his country in 1915, is the first commissioned work of Charles Wheeler, later president of the Royal Academy of Arts London from 1956 till his retirement in 1966.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 760mm, width 460mm
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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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