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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Torbay
- Town
- Torquay
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Maker
- Gawthorp and Sons (Founder / Foundry)
Gawthorp and Sons (Designer) - Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25773
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Current location
The Little Theatre (formerly St Marks Church)
St Marks Road
Torquay
Torbay
Devon
TQ1 2EL
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 92546 63076
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- METAL PLAQUE WITH INSCRIPTION SET WITHIN AND ORNATE LANCET SHAPED FOLIATE BORDER
- Inscription
- QUO FATA VOCANT/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ FERDINAND GEORGE CASSON/ CAPTAIN, 2ND BATTN FIFTH FUSILIERS/ SON OF REV. GEORGE CASSON/ OF OLDECOURT, TORQUAY./ KILLED IN ACTION AT/ REDDESBERG, SOUTH AFRICA,/ 3RD OF APRIL. 1900,/ AGED 36
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Casson, Ferdinand George
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, date of death, surname, regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- 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 - Reference
- For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 42 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
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