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
21964

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Current location

LOCATED ON OUTSIDE WALL OF SOUTH PRESBYTER AISLE
Winchester Cathedral
Cathedral Close
Winchester
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 9LS
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 48231 29263
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A grey marble rectangular tablet, the longer axis vertical, resting on a flat plinth, at top a straight pediment with three equally spaced decorative bosses coloured gold. Below is an escutcheon with the Battenberg Coat of Arms incorporating The Royal Coat of Arms with the cadency mark of the first son all in full natural colour . Then the commemoration incised in capital letters and coloured black .
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF LORD LEOPOLD / ARTHUR LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN (PRINCE / LEOPOLD OF BATTENBERG) G.C.V.O. HON / MAJOR K.R.R.C. WHO DIED APRIL 23RD 1922 / AGED 33 YEARS ALSO PRINCE MAURICE / VICTOR DONALD OF BATTENBERG / K.C.V.O. LIEUTENANT K.R.R.C. WHO / FELL IN ACTION AT ZONNEBEKE / OCTOBER 27TH 1914 AGED 23 YEARS / TO WHOSE MEMORY THEIR BROTHER / OFFICERS HAVE SET UP THIS TABLET NB The death of Lord Leopold Arthur Louis Mountbatten was not conflict related and no name record has been created for him
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Battenberg, Maurice Victor Donald
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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: title, forenames, surname, awards, rank, unit, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 600mm, width 300mm
    Materials: Marble
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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
The Cathedral
Reference
  • THE MILITARY MEMORIALS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL by GOLDSMITH, RFK 19 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:THE FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL 1974 WINCHESTER

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