Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Winchester
- Town
- Winchester
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21955
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Current location
Winchester Cathedral
The Close
Winchester
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 9LS
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 48218 29284
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- On a rectangular dark green marble backboard, a white marble oval tablet surmounted by the three feathers badge and motto of the Welch Regiment, below which is the dedication, incised using black lettering. On the edges of the top part of the tablet, extending approximately halfway on both sides is a low relief carving of leaves and berries .
- Inscription
- TO / THE MEMORY / OF / MAJOR / ARTHUR JOHN BYNG WAVELL, F.R.G.S. / THE WELCH REGIMENT / KILLED IN ACTION ON JANUARY 9TH 1916 / NEAR MWELE BRITISH EAST AFRICA / WHILE IN COMMAND OF THE "ARAB RIFLES" / A FORCE RAISED BY HIM IN AUGUST 1914 / TO PROTECT MOMBASA. / HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN / WAR AND WAS A WELL KNOWN AUTHOR AND EXPLORER. / ELDEST SON OF COLONEL A.H. WAVELL / THE WELCH REGIMENT. / BORN IN 1882. EDUCATED AT / WINCHESTER AND SANDHURST. / HE WAS PROMOTED MAJOR FOR / DISTINGUSHED SERVICE IN THE FIELD / DECEMBER 17TH 1915, AND WAS / AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS / IN JANUARY 1916.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Wavell, Arthur John Byng
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, given names, surname, society membership, unit, manner of death, date of death, place of death, family relationship, decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 80mm, height 800mm, width 400mm
Materials: Marble - White - Frame
Measurements: depth 100mm, height 1000mm, width 500mm
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Major Arthur John Byng Wavell
- WMO ID: 195409
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Winchester Cathedral
- Reference
- THE MILITARY MEMORIALS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL by GOLDSMITH, RFK 18 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:THE FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL 1974 WINCHESTER
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