Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Harborough
Town
Medbourne, Market Harborough
County
Leicestershire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
14666

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Current location

St. Giles' Church
Main Street
Medbourne
Market Harborough
Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 8DT
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 79964 93066
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wall mounted, landscape orientated marble tablet with a buff coloured moulded inner frame, an ornately coloured middle border and dark marble outer frame. Incised inscription infilled in black. Middle border decoration consists of a green wavy line & a green straight line, infilled in red alternating with green. A further two blue lines flanks this border.
Inscription
IN MEMORIAM / HUMPHREY KAYE BONNEY NEVINSON, / SECOND LIEUTENANT, 10TH BATTALION, MANCHESTER REGIMENT, T.F. / ONLY SON OF / THOMAS K.B. NEVINSON RECTOR OF MEDBOURNE, AND ETHEL MARY, HIS WIFE / BORN AT LYNDON RECTORY, DECEMEBR 1ST 1891. / SEVERELY WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK ON THE TURKISH TRENCHES / AT THE DARDANELLES, JUNE 4TH 1915. / DIED ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP "SOMALI", JUNE 5TH 1915. / BURIED AT SEA. / "A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Nevinson, Humphrey Kaye Bonney
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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