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
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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