
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- West Knighton
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Anglo-Burmese War; Third (1885-1886)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1075
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Current location
St Peter's Church
Off Highgate Lane
West Knighton
West Dorset
Dorset
DT2 8PF
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 73242 87627
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stained glass window of three lights beneath which is a dedicatory plaque. In the centre of the plaque is the badge of the East Middlesex Regiment.
- Inscription
- THIS WINDOW WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS 2ND BATT. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S OWN (MIDDLESEX REGIMENT) IN MEMORY OF THEIR BROTHER OFFICER LIEUT. WILLIAM PHILIP COCKERAM 3RD SON OF H.T.I.COCKERAM ESQ. OF FRYER MAYNE, DORSET WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 26TH DECEMBER 1885 NEAR SAGAING IN BURMAH, WHILST BRAVELY LEADING HIS MEN AGAINAST THE ENEMY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Anglo-Burmese War; Third (1885-1886)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Anglo-Burmese War; Third (1885-1886)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- 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
- LT W P COCKERAM
- WMO ID: 121434
- Condition: Good [last updated on 14-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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