Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Wiltshire
- Town
- Corsham
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24020
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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
- RECTANGULAR PLAQUE SECURED BY DOMED COPPER SCREWS APPLIED COPPER SHIELD WITHNRED CLOISONNE ENAMEL DETAIL OCCUPIES LHS. BLAZONING OF ARMS DEPICTS: "OR, FESS GULES, BETWEEN THREE STORKS PROPER, AS MANY CROSS CROSSLETS OF THE FIELD (CRAWLEY); IMPALING, DIMIDATED, PARTLY PER PALE OR AND GULES, A DEMICROSS BOTTONNE, ISSUING FROM THE DEXTER, AND A DEMICROSS BOTTONNE, ISSUING FROM THE SINISTER, COUNTERCHARGED. (COCHRANE)
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ COLONEL RICHARD PARRY CRAWLEY/ D.S.O., O.B.E., M.V.O., SOMETIME OF THE 24TH/ REGT. AND ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS./ BORN 10TH JULY/ 1876, DIED AT MONK'S FARM/ CORSHAM, 1ST FEBRUARY 1933/ CHURCH WARDEN OF THIS PARISH.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Crawley, Richard Parry
See details - Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 410MM, width 180MM
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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