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
- 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
See details - 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black - Tablet
Measurements: height 1000MM, width 900MM
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Backboard
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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