Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
St Albans
Town
St Albans
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
14684

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Current location

IN ST MICHAELS CHAPEL
ST ALBANS ABBEY
Holywell Hill
St Albans
St Albans
Hertfordshire
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 145 071
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
STONE TABLET WITH CARVED LETTERING
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS KENT FOR 46 YEARS CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS ABBEY / WHO DIED 23rd APRIL 1917 ALSO OF HIS WIFE / EMILY SELINA WHO DIED 25th APRIL 1914 / ALSO OF TWO OF THEIR SONS / HAROLD, 2ND LIEUTENANT SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / WHO WAS KILLED NEAR YPRES 4th AUG 1917 AND / LIONEL VICTOR, LIEUTENANT SOUTH WALES BORDERERS / WHO WAS KILLED AT OOSTAVEINE 31st JULY 1917
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Kent, Harold
Kent, Lionel Victor
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death
    Order of information: forename,rank,regiment,manner of death,place of death,year died
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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