Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Salisbury
Town
Durrington
County
Wiltshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony

  • Date:
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
108239

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Current location

All Saints Church
Church Street
Durrington
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP4 8AL
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 15704 44860
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Brass plaque, horizontally oriented, with an ornate foliar border and an ornate symmetrical cross at each corner. Regimental badge situated top left, within the border. Lettering and ornamentation filled in with red and black paint. Regimental badge picked out in various colours. Plaque mounted in a wooden frame with a shallow triangular pediment.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/CECIL REGINALD RANGER,/1ST ESSEX REGIMENT,/KILLEDD IN ACTION IN FRANCE AUGUST 26TH 1918./YOUNGEST SON OF MARK & CHARLOTTE JANE RANGER,/OF DURRINGTON, AGED 27 YEARS. "PEACE PERFECT PEACE"
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: Full name, service unit, how died, country of death, date of death, parents' names, age at death.
    Order of information: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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