Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Torridge
- Town
- Great Torrington
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25913
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Current location
St Michael and All Angels Church
Church Walk
Great Torrington
Torridge
Devon
EX38 8BN
England
OS Grid Ref: SS 49504 19199
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular plaque attached in each corner to black wooden backboard. Badge of machine gun corps etched into top centre of plaque. Text inscribed in black.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND / IN MEMORY OF / PTE FREDERICK STANLEY WINSON / MACHINE GUN CORPS / AGED 25 YEARS / WHO LOST HIS LIFE 18TH JUNE 1918 / IN MESOPOTAMIA DURING THE / GREAT WAR / "SPLENDID YOU PASSED, THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE / INTO THE LIGHT WHICH NEVERMORE SHALL FADE" / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Winson, Frederick Stanley
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, age of death, date of death, place of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Backboard
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: The plaque was erected by Private Winson's parents.
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