Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Ashford
- Town
- Kennington
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16405
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Current location
ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE NAVE
ADJACENT TO THE BAPTISTRY AREA
St Mary's Church
Church Rd
Kennington
Ashford
Kent
TN25 4PL
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 02240 45160
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- COPPER PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A MARBLE TABLET ORNATE FOLIATE BORDER WITH A FLOWER IN EACH CORNER. BADGE IN THE UPPER CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE AND THREE MEDALS IN RELIEF IN THE LOWER CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN SALKELD BURRA / LATE / ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS / AND / COLONIAL CIVIL SERVICE / 2ND SURVIVING SON OF / JAMES SALKELD AND / ELEANOR MARGARET BURRA / OF BOCKHANGAR IN THIS PARISH / BORN AT BOCKHANGAR / JUNE 28 18(...) / DIED AT BA(...) / SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA / (...) AGED 36 YEARS / (...) / (...)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Copper - Tablet
Measurements: height C 1050MM, width C 700MM
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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