Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Colchester
- Town
- Wivenhoe
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: March 1920
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22427
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Current location
On a Pillar in the Nave
St Mary the Virgin Church
High Street
Wivenhoe
Colchester
Essex
CO7 9BJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 03883 21549
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- PLAIN BRASS PLAQUE WITH INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. SINGLE INCISED BLACK LINE BORDER
- Inscription
- "SPES ALIT" / TO THE GLORIOUS AND BELOVED / MEMORY OF / FELIX JAMES CORSELLIS SQUIRE, / LANCE CORPORAL 3RD ESSEX REGT. / GRANDSON OF THE LATE / NICHOLAS COESAR CORSELLIS LAWTON / OF WIVEMHOE HALL / WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS / COUNTRY IN FRANCE 4TH JUNE 1917. / AGED 19 YEARS. / "NON EST MORTALE QUOD OPTO." / THIS BRASS IS ERECTED BY HIS DEVOTED / MOTHER AND BROTHERS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Squire, Felix James Corsellis
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, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death, age, relationships, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 508MM, width 444MM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- THE CHURCH OF ST MARY
- Grade II*
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Essex County Standard 13 March 1920
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