Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Solihull
Town
Knowle
County
West Midlands
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Maker
TONKS, LIMITED. B'HAM. (Makers)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
17562

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Current location

On the north wall of the north aisle
St John The Baptist Church
Kenilworth Road
Knowle
Solihull
West Midlands
B93 0LN
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 18237 76739
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A brass plaque with incised lettering in black, ornate border decoration with a cross in each corner in black and light blue, makers name on lower right outside the border, all set into a dark wood frame and mounted on the wall. In memoriam to a death in the Boer wars.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM MARSTON./ 5th Company (Warwickshire) Imperial Yeomanry./ FOURTH SON OF JOHN AND ELLEN MARSTON,/ PARKFIELD, KNOWLE./ who died at Woodstock Military hospital./ Cape Town, South Africa./ October 21st 1901. Aged 28 Years./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A TOKEN/ OF THE HIGH ESTEEM IN WHICH HE WAS/ HELD BY THE STAFF AND WORK PEOPLE OF/ JOHN MARSTON'S CARRIAGE WORKS LTD B'HAM/ "THY WILL BE DONE"/ TONKS, LIMITED. B'HAM.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Marston, William
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Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: year died, regiment, place of death, forename, surname, age at death, parents names
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: depth c10, height c400, width c400
    Materials: Brass, Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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