Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Hams
- Town
- Salcombe
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25669
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Current location
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Salcombe
South Hams
Devon
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 730 390
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- RECTANGULAR WOODEN BOARD WITHIN RAISED WOODEN FRAME. INCISED LETTERING PAINTED IN GILT. REGIMENTAL BADGES AT TOP LEFT AND TOP RIGHT.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ ALFRED LORAINE GURNEY-RICHMOND/ MAJOR THE KING'S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY/ KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION AT DEAL/ 30TH OCTOBER 1940/ " AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE/ MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Calkin, John Ernest
See details - 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
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 455MM, width 810MM
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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