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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- District
- Bath
- Town
- Bath
- County
- Avon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 3 Oct 1923
Attended by: Bishop of Bath and Wells - Dedicated
Date: 3 Oct 1923
Attended by: MAJ-GEN G D JEFFREYS CB CMG GOC - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7313
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Current location
East end of the south aisle.
Bath Abbey
High Street
Bath
Bath
Avon
BA1 1LT
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 75134 64757
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A memorial chapel at the east end of the south aisle. There is an associated tablet with a marble border and an inlaid cross together with the dedication below.
- Inscription
- IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 THIS TABLET/ WAS ERECTED AND THIS CHAPEL WAS DEDICATED IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1923
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tablet
- Listing information
- ABBEY CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Bath Abbey: Gethsemane Chapel (former War Memorial Chapel)
- WMO ID: 115989
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- UNDERGOING REFURBISHMENT (FEB 1996)
- Costs
Site: £4958
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- BATH ABBEY
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