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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tandridge
- Town
- Caterham
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23823
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Current location
Church of the Sacred Heart
Essendene Road
Caterham
Tandridge
Surrey
CR3 5PA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 33540 55990
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- NOWY-HEADED TABLET SET WITHIN A MOULDED MARBLE FRAME. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING SURROUNDED BY GREEN MARBLE BORDER CREST OF THE IRISH GUARDS ABOVE THE INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- OF YOUR CHARITY/ PRAY FOR/ THE SOUL OF/ REVD FATHER JOHN GWYNN S.J./ ATTACHED TO THE 1ST IRISH GUARDS/ HE DIED AT BETHUNE ON OCTOBER 12TH 1915 FROM WOUNDS/ RECEIVED IN ACTION NEAR VERMELLES/ ON OCTOBER 11TH 1915 AGED 49 YEARS/ R. I. P. THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE IRISH GUARDS IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THEIR BELOVED CHAPLAIN FATHER GWYN WHO WAS WITH/ THE 1ST BATTALION ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR NEARLY TWELVE MONTHS FROM/ NOVEMBER 1914 UNTIL HIS DEATH AND SHARED WITH UNFAILING DEVOTION/ ALL THEIR TRIALS AND HARDSHIPS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Gwynn, Father
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 20MM, height 490MM, width 710MM
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PARISH PRIEST
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