Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Chester
- Town
- Handbridge
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18191
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Current location
On the North wall of the Nave
St Mary Without Walls Church
Handbridge
Chester
Cheshire
CH4 7HL
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 40686 65465
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- RECTANGULAR WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH A RED MARBLE MOULDED BORDER SET INTO THE WALL. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING WHITE AND GOLD CROSS AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE TABLET
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ERNEST WILLIAM MOCATTA / AGED 27 YEARS / YOUNGEST SON OF MAJOR GENERAL. D. MOCATTA LATE B.S.C. / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON WAGON HILL IN THE DEFENCE / OF LADYSMITH. S. AFRICA ON THE 6TH OF JANRY 1900 WHILE SERVING / AS A TROOPER IN THE IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE. / "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Mocatta, Ernest William
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: height C 19IN, width 32IN
Materials: Marble - Red - Tablet
Measurements: height 13.5IN, width 26IN
Materials: Marble - White
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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