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

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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
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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
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 410MM, width 180MM
    Materials: Copper
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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