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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Somerset
Town
Maperton
County
Somerset
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
25048

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Current location

ST PETER AND ST PAUL CHURCH
Maperton Road,
Maperton
South Somerset
Somerset
BA9 8EE
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 67199 26140
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
NOWY-HEADED POLISHED STONE TABLET WITH CORNICE AND CARVED INSCRIPTION COLOURED COAT OF ARMS AT THE TOP AND COLOURED REGIMENTAL BADGE FLANKED BY LAUREL BRANCHES AT THE BASE
Inscription
IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ CLAUDE NICHOLSON/ 16TH THE QUEEN'S LANCERS/ BRIGADIER 30TH INFANTRY BRIGADE/ WHOSE HEROIC DEFENCE OF CALAIS 22ND TO 26TH MAY 1940/ AGAINST OVERWHELMING NUMBERS OF THE ENEMY DID MUCH/ TO SECURE THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE BRITISH ARMY FROM/ THE BEACHES OF DUNKIRK. WITH THE REMNANTS OF HIS/ BRIGADE HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AND DIED THREE YEARS/ LATER ON THE 27TH OF JUNE 1943 IN OFLAG 1XAZ AT ROTENBURG GERMANY/ AT THE AGE OF 44 YEARS./ HE WAS THE ELDER SON OF RICHARD AND VIOLET NICHOLSON/ OF WOODCOTT IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON AND NEPHEW/ OF MARY RIDLEY OF MAPERTON HOUSE WHICH WAS TO HIM/ A SECOND HOME./ HIS BODY RESTS IN HOLY GROUND AT ROTENBURG AN DER FULDA./ HIS SOUL IS WITH GOD
Inscription legible?
yes
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,place of burial,manner of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height C 800MM, width C 1200MM
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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