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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Wiltshire
- Town
- Malmesbury
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24217
Current location
Malmesbury Abbey
Gloucester Street
Malmesbury
North Wiltshire
Wiltshire
SN16 0AA
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 9326887300
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- EMBOSSED BRASS MEMORIAL
- Inscription
- A.M. + D.G./ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ CHARLES NAPIER MILES C.B.M.V.O./ COLONEL 1ST LIFE GUARDS/ WHO DIED MAY 25TH 1918 IN HIS 64TH YEAR/ HE SERVED IN THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN 1882/ AND COMMANDED THE COMPOSITE/ REGIMENT OF HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY/ IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1900/ "ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD/ AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM/ MAY HE REST IN PEACE."/ THIS LASTING TRIBUTE OF LOVE WAS PLACED. HERE BY HIS WIFE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Miles, Charles Napier
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,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,occupation
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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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