Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
West Wiltshire
Town
Sutton Veny
County
Wiltshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
24335

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Current location

St John the Evangelist Church
53 High Street
Sutton Veny
West Wiltshire
Wiltshire
BA12 7AP
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 90263 41722
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
PLAIN NOWY-HEADED WOODEN BOARD WITH CARVED INSCRIPTION ROYAL ARTILLERY REGIMENTAL BADGE AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE BOARD
Inscription
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY/ PETER GRAHAM HOBBS/ ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY BRIGADE MAJOR/ 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION EIGHTH ARMY/ KILLED IN ACTION 27TH MAY 1942/ NEAR BIR HAKEIM, LIBYA AGED 31/ AND HIS BROTHER/ WILLIAM PAUL HOBBS M.B.E./ LIEUT COLONEL COMMANDING 11TH FIELD/ REGT ROYAL ARTILLERY EIGHTH ARMY/ KILLED IN ACTION ON 12TH MAY 1943/ NEAR ENFIDAVILLE, TUNISIA AGED 29/ "THEY WERE LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Hobbs, Peter Graham
Hobbs, William Paul
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
    Order of information: year died,forename,regiment,rank,manner of death,place of death,age of death,additional
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
PCC

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