Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Mendip
Town
Chewton Mendip
County
Somerset
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
24439

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Current location

North wall of Lady Chapel
St Mary Magdalene Church
Church Lane
Chewton Mendip
Mendip
Somerset
BA3 4LL
England

OS Grid Ref: ST5963853148
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
The inscription is framed by red and black lines with a fleur-de-lys in each corner, and a small red cross above and below the inscription. Incised Roman lettering caps and l/c.
Inscription
SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ WARD SOANE BRAHAM/ YOUNGEST SON OF JOHN BRAHAM/ BORN IN LONDON APRIL 19TH 1824/ DIED AT VIEW ISLAND NEAR READING FEB 26TH 1877/ MAJOR IN THE ROYAL BERKS REGT OF MILITIA/ THE LOSS OF ONE WHOSE GIFTS OF/ COMPANIONSHIP WERE AS RARE AS HIS/ SYMPATHIES WERE READY ANDTRUE/ WAS DEEPLY FELT IN WHAT WAS THEN A HOME/ AND THAT SORROW WAS SHARED BY MANY FRIENDS/ HIS BODY WAS REMOVED FROM KENSAL GREEN/ CEMETERY AND LAID IN THIS CHURCHYARD ON/ AUGUST 14TH 1979 BESIDE THAT OF HIS SISTER/ FRANCES COUNTESS WALDEGRAVE IN ACCORDANCE/ WITH HER WISHES AND INTENTION/ "THEY ARE THINE O LORD THOU LOVER OF SOULS"
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 burial,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE
  • Grade I
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
PCC

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