Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Epping Forest
Town
Epping Upland
County
Essex
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 29th May 1927
    Attended by: Brigadier-General R. B. Colvin, C.B.
  • Dedicated
    Date: 29th May 1927
    Attended by: The Vicar, Rev. W. A. Limbrick
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
22440

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Current location

All Saints Church
Upland Road
Epping Upland
Epping Forest
Essex
CM16 6PH
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 44391 04510
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wall-mounted marble tablet. Curved at top with shelf at base. Black lettering. Oval relief of Arms of R.A.F.
Inscription
IN GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE MEMORY/ OF FLYING OFFICER/ FREDRIC LAING COLLISON, R.A.F./ KILLED WHILST FLYING ON DUTY AT/ KENLEY AERODROME./ NOVEMBER 22ND 1926,/ AGED 28 YEARS/ ARTISTS RIFLES O.T.C. 1916/ ROYAL FLYING CORPS 1917/ FRANCE 1918-1919/ 4TH BATT: ESSEX REGT: T.A. 1920/ ROYAL AIR FORCE 19226/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND FELLOW SOLDIERS/ O VALIENT HEART, WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME,/ THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT AND THROUGH BATTLE-FLAME;/ TRANQUIL YOU LIE YOUR KNIGTLY VIRTUE PROVED, YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 03 June 1927 Page 2 OFFICER'S MEMORIAL UNVEILED AT EPPING UPLAND ---
  • Essex Newsman - Saturday 04 June 1927 Page 3 OFFICER'S MEMORIAL UNVEILED AT EPPING UPLAND ---

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