Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Wiltshire
- Town
- Corsham
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24015
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Current location
Church of St Bartholomew
Church Square
Corsham
North Wiltshire
Wiltshire
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 87423 70549
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ROYAL ARTILLERY BADGE ABOVE INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN HAPPY MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED ONLY SON/ ANTHONY CHARLES THEODORE/ HANDFORD OF GUYER'S HOUSE CORSHAM/ LIEUTENANT Q (SANNA'S POST) BATTERY/ ROYAL ARTILLERY - KILLED IN ACTION NEAR THE BELGIAN-DUTCH FRONTIER/ ON THE 17TH SEPTEMBER 1944 AGED 22 YEARS/ BURIED IN BRITISH MILITARY CEMETERY/ AT BOURG LEOPOLD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,place of burial,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 230MM, width 245MM
Materials: Copper
- Plaque
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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