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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
- 24227
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Current location
MALMESBURY ABBEY
Malmesbury
North Wiltshire
Wiltshire
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 930 874
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CROWN ETCHED ABOVE INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- TO THE MOST BELOVED MEMORY OF/ ADMIRAL JOHN LUCE C.B./ BORN AT HALCOMBE MALMESBURY 4TH FEB. 1870/ DIED AT LITTLE CHEVERELL HOUSE NR. DEVIZES 22ND SEPT 1932/ IN 1914 HE COMMANDED H.M.S. GLASGOW AT THE BATTLES/ OF CORONEL AND THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND WAS/ COMMODORE OF THE SQUADRON WHICH SANK S.M.S DRESDEN/ OFF JUAN FERNANDEZ IN 1915/ HIGH SHERIFF OF WILTSHIRE 1930 - 1931
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- 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,place of birth,relationships,additional,decorations
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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