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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Merton
Town
Wimbledon
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
12356

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Current location

on the north wall
St John the Baptist Church
Spencer Hill
Wimbledon
Merton
Greater London
SW19 4NZ
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 24114 70549
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
WALL MOUNTED BRASS PLAQUE
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ ON LOVING MEMORY OF/ THOMAS SCHOLES CRESWELL/ LIEUT. ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY. FLYING OFFICER R.F.C. (NAVAL WING)/ SECOND SON OF FRANK STENHOUSE CRESWELL AND EMILY HIS FIRST WIFE/ OF CRUMPSALL, WIMBLEDON WHO WAS DROWNED IN THE EXECUTION OF/ HIS DUTY WHILE PILOTING SEAPLANE NO. 128 AT CALSHOT, THE FIRST/ FATAL ACCIDENT TO A NAVAL SEAPLANE./ A GALLANT OFFICER AND FEARLESS AVIATOR. A BRAVE COMRADE, A TRUE FRIEND. HE LOVED HIS COUNTRY. HIS MODEST AND UNASSUMING PERSONALITY/ GAINED THE LOVE AND RESPECT OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM./ BORN 1ST FEBRUARY 1887. DIED 4TH JUNE 1914./ BURIED AT HASLAR/ "BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE"./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS SORROWING FATHER NEAR THE SPOT/ IN THIS CHURCH WHERE HE WAS BAPTISED AND WHERE HE WAS WONT/ TO WORSHIP FROM BOYHOOD.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Creswell, Thomas Scholes
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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