Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bromley
- Town
- Orpington
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17890
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Current location
On the north wall of the old nave
All Saints Church
Bark Hart Road
Orpington
Bromley
Greater London
BR6 0QD
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 46660 66420
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO OAK BACKBOARD. INCISED INSCRIPTION TWO LINE INCISED BORDER
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HERBERT OWEN MICHAEL GAMMON/ PUBLIC SCHOOLS BATT., MIDDLESEX REGT./ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ 1ST JULY 1916 AGED 31 YEARS/ R. I. P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Gammon, Herbert Owen Michael
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: depth 45MM, height 405MM, width 635MM
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaque
Measurements: height 305MM, width 532MM
Materials: Brass
- Frame
- 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
- History
- 1957: MOVED FROM THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CHURCH TO CURRENT POSITION WHEN THE SOUTH WALL WAS DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW CHURCH
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- BROMLEY WAR MEMORIALS VOLUME FIVE by RASON, PAUL 25 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY NOV 1999 BROMLEY
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