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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Shepway
- Town
- Hythe
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16136
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Current location
West wall of north transept
St Leonard's Church
Oak Walk
Hythe
Shepway
Kent
CT21 5DN
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 16150 34910
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass plaque with plain line border on a wooden back plate. Scots Guard insignia in top left corner.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MY DEAR GRANDSON / L/Cpl FRANK TURNER / 1st SCOTS GUARDS / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / NOV. 1914 / R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Relationship, rank, forename, surname, battalion, regiment, month & year died
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 200mm, width 300mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: height 260mm, width 360mm
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
- L/Cpl Frank Turner
- WMO ID: 262641
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 06-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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