Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
New Forest
Town
Netley Marsh
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Burma (19th Century)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
13032

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Current location

St Matthew's Church
Ringwood Road
Netley Marsh
New Forest
Hampshire
SO40 7GD
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 33236 13065
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
PLAIN RECTANGULAR WHITE MARBLE TABLET SURMOUNTED BY CORNICE AND NOWY HEADED TOP. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ MAJOR GEORGE ORMONDE STONEY,/ K. O. S. BORDERERS./ DIED AT TUBINGEN, 13TH JUNE 1890, AGED 44,/ HAVING BEEN INVALIDED FROMT EH CHIN-LUSHAI EXPEDITION./ AND OF HIS WIDOW,/ MEYLIA JESSIE MARJORIE WILLIAMSON STONEY,/ DIED AT SOUTHAMPTON, 1ST APRIL 1910, AGED 62./ BURIED IN THIS CHURCHYARD./ AND OF THEIR ELDEST SON,/ LT. COL. GEORGE BUTLER STONEY, D.S.O.,/ K. O. S. BORDERERS,/ KILLED IN ACTION IN GALLIPOLI, 15TH OCT. 1915, AGED 38./ AND OF THEIR SECOND SON,/ BOWES ORMONDE STONEY,/ COLONEL CIVIL SERVICE, (F.M.S.)/ DIED AT MILLTIMBER, ABERDEENSHIRE, 18TH OCT 1910, AGED 31./ BURIED IN THIS CHURCHYARD./ AND OF THEIR FOURTH SON/ 2ND LIEUT. THOMAS RAMSEY STONEY,/ K. O. S. BORDERERS,/ KILLED IN ACTION NEAR KEMMEL, FLANDERS, 10TH APRIL 1918, AGED 35./ BURIED AT LA CLYTTE BRITISH CEMETERY./ AND OF THIER ELDEST DAUGHTER,/ DONA MARGARET STONEY,/ DIED AT CALMORE, 3RD AUG, 1903, AGED 19./ BURIED IN THIS CHURCHYARD./ AND OF THEIR THIRD DAUGHTER,/ JANE BUTLER STONEY,/ DIED IN INDIA IN 1889, AGED 6 MONTHS./ COL. H. HOWARD STONEY, N. STAFFS. REGT,/ THEIR FIFTH SON, DIED 27TH FEB. 1955, AGED 68.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Stoney, George Butler
Stoney, George Ormonde
Stoney, Thomas Ramsay
See details for all 3 names
Commemorations
  • Burma (19th Century)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death, age, relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of burial, manner of death, age, relationships, decorations
    Order of information: date of death
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1070mm, width 710mm
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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