Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Havant
- Town
- Warblington
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21407
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Current location
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CHANCEL
St Thomas a Becket Church
Church Lane
Warblington
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 2SA
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 72889 05486
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque , the vertical axis longer , on a wood backboard . At top a panel of incised or etched laurel leaves , with a semi circular inset and below that a plain cross coloured red. Around the remainder of the plaque is a two line plain border, at bottom the Badge of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps in raised brass . The inscription is incised and coloured black.
- Inscription
- † /TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / GILBERT HUME NORRIS, / CAPTAIN KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS, / SON OF / THE REV WILLIAM BURRELL NORRIS, / RECTOR OF THIS CHURCH, / AND OF / CONSTANCE, HIS WIFE, / WHO DIED OF WOUNDS / RECEIVED IN ACTION IN FRANCE / ON MARCH 9TH 1918, / AGED 31. / "DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI" KRRC badge at bottom)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Norris, Gilbert Hume
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: given names , surname , rank , unit , family relationships , manner of death , place of death , date of death ,age at death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: depth 25MM, height 835MM, width 480MM
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: depth c 80, height c 800, width c 450
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Captain Gilbert Hume Norris
- WMO ID: 263665
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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