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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Wiltshire
- Town
- Melksham
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24319
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Current location
ON THE EAST AISLE WALL
ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH
Melksham
West Wiltshire
Wiltshire
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 903 637
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WHITE TILES WITH MOSAIC STYLE BORDER. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING CROSS AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE MEMORIAL AND BADGE OF THE WILTS REGT AT THE BOTTOM CENTRE
- Inscription
- TO THE LOVED MEMORY/ OF GEOFFREY/ HAYWARD MANNING/ WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS COUNTRY IN/ MESOPOTAMIA/ 6 APRIL 1916 AGED 24/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS/ WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD,/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE/ SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Manning, Geoffrey Hayward
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 510MM, width 320MM
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
- G H Manning
- WMO ID: 241561
- Condition: Good [last updated on 01-03-2020]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
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