Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rother
Town
Burwash Weald
County
East Sussex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
16971

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Current location

On the west wall of the church
St Philip's Church
Peartree Hill
Burwash Weald
Rother
East Sussex
TN19 7NA
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 63980 23650
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Brass Plaque with a single line border on a wooden backboard.
Inscription
IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN NOEL MARTYN SAUNDERS, BORDER REGIMENT, / ELDEST SON OF CLEMENT M. SAUNDERS M.A., VICAR OF / THIS PARISH FROM 188 - 1903. / HE WAS KILLED ON OCTOBER 20TH 1918, AGED 35, WHILE / LEADING HIS COMPANY INTO ACTION. HIS BODY RESTS / IN AMERVAL CEMETERY, FRANCE. // HERE SHALL NO EVIL HAPPEN UNTO THEE. - FOR HE / SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER THEE TO KEEP / THEE IN ALL THY WAYS // PS. XCI. 10.11 P.B.V.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Saunders, Noel Martyn
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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: rank, surname, date of death,regiment,forenames,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Geograph - www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5481681 - accessed 1 May 2020

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