Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Eastleigh
Town
Hamble-le-Rice
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
21141

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Current location

Priory Church of St Andrew the Apostle
High St
Hamble-le-Rice
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO31 4JF
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 48098 06739
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
ELABORATE WALL TABLET, SURMOUNTED BY SLOPING CORNICE, THE CORNICE BEING BROKEN IN THE CENTRE BY A LARGE ROYAL FUSILIERS CAP BADGE
Inscription
IN MOST PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ AUGUSTUS ARTHUR CORNWALLIS FITZCLARENCE/ CAPTAIN ROYAL FUSILIERS/ WHO DIED FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY/ IN GALLIPOLI ON JUNE 29TH 1915/ AGED 35 YEARS/ "HOLY IS THE TRUE LIGHT, AND PASSING WONDERFUL,/ LENDING RADIANCE TO THEM THAT ENDURED IN THE/ HEAT OF THE CONFLICT: FROM CHRIST THEY INHERIT/ A HOME OF UNFADING SPLENDOUR. WHEREIN THEY/ REJOICE WITH GLADNESS EVERMORE"/ THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE SUSAN/ DAUGHTER OF JOHN MANNERS, 7TH EARL OF HADWICKE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Fitzclarence, Augustus Arthur Cornwallis
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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,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1000MM, width 900MM
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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