Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
West Dorset
Town
Melcombe Horsey
County
Dorset
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
1035

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Current location

S WALL OF N APSE
ST ANDREWS CHURCH
Melcombe Horsey
West Dorset
Dorset
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 773 021
Denomination: Undefined

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Inscription
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF / CAPTAIN KENNETH CLYDE CALDWELL / 4TH QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS RAC / AND ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, CANADA / GREAT GRANDSON OF EMMA BINGHAM / KILLED IN ACTION. BIR EL GOBI, LIBYA / NOVEMBER 27TH 1941 AGED 21 YEARS. / HIS GREATEST WISH WAS REALIZED- TO FIGHT / FOR HIS COUNTRY, THE LAND OF HIS ANCESTORS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Caldwell, Kenneth Clyde
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Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 500MM, width 600MM
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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