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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Basingstoke
- Town
- Sherfield On Loddon
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21271
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Current location
St Leonard's Church
Church End/A33
Sherfield On Loddon
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG27 0JB
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 67196 56805
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- BRASS PLAQUE
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF / MAJOR LEONARD ARTHUR TILNEY M.C./ OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF THE CROWN/ AND CROIX DE GUERRE BELGIUM/ LIEUT ROYAL HORSE GUARDS/ SQDN COMMANDER ROYAL FLYING CORPS/ KILLED IN AERIAL ACTION OVER ENEMY LINES/ MARCH 9TH 1918 AGED 22 1/2 / BURIED NEAR DOURGES GRAVE 1314/ PER ARDUA AD ASTR-RA
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Tilney, Leonard Arthur
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 4MM, height 350MM, width 240MM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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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