Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Somerset
Town
Kingsbury Episcopi
County
Somerset
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
25018

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Current location

St Martin's Church
Church Street
Kingsbury Episcopi
South Somerset
Somerset
TA12 6AU
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 43638 21089
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wall and corbel stone mounted, landscape oriented, black slate backboard supporting a white marble tablet incorporating a heavy apex-headed top rail. Rebate at bottom of tablet. Incised inscriptions and names infilled with black paint.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of / FRANCIS JOSEPH PERRIN, / OF THE WEST SOMERSET YEOMANRY, / 2ND SON OF V. AND S. PERRIN, / OF LOWER BURROW, / WHO DIED IN GALLIPOLI WHILST SERVING KING AND COUNTRY / NOV. 3RD 1915, AGED 24 YEARS. / "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Perrin, Francis Joseph
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, surname, regiment, relationships, place of death, date of death, age at death
    Order of information: Forenames, surname, regiment, relationships, place of death, date of death, age at death
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST MARTIN
  • 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
Sponsorship
Private

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