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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rother
Town
Sedlescombe
County
East Sussex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
17079

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Current location

ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CHURCH
St John the Baptist Church
B2244
Sedlescombe
Rother
East Sussex
TN33 0QP
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 77710 18800
Denomination: Church of England

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Inscription
FRATRES / ORATE PRO NOBIS / THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF ALL DEAR / TO US IN SEDLESCOMBE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES THAT WE MIGHT / LIVE IN PEACE, THIS TRIBUTE OF LOVE / IS REVERENTLY DEDICATED. / (NAMES) / GRANT UNTO THEM O LORD, / THINE ETERNAL REST: AND LET / LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM / (NAMES) / BY ENEMY ACTION / (NAME)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adeane, Henry Robert Augustus
Barwick, Edward Sidney
Batehup, Bertrum
Boxall, Harry
Bryant, Charles
Bryant, Frederick Clarence
Coombe, Boyce Anthony
Cramp, Leonard
Crittenden, Frank
Dawson, Reginald
See details for all 29 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 29
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 29
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: rank,surname,forename,regiment
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 10
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: regiment,forename
    Order of information: forename,regiment
  • Second World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: forename,occupation
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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