Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Purbeck
- Town
- Corfe Castle
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26443
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Current location
St Edwards Church
East Street
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
BH20 5EZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 96050 82045
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Diamond shaped stone tablet with a coloured enamel badge of the Loyal Regiment at the base.
- Inscription
- IN / PROUD / & LOVING MEMORY / OF JOHN MACDONALD / COURTHOPE WILSON, CAPTAIN / THE LOYAL REGIMENT, BORN 14.VI.1920. / KILLED IN ACTION NEAR MEDJEZ-EL-BAB / TUNISIA 21.IV.1943 / RES -NON VERBA
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname, rank, regiment, date of birth, cause of death, place of death, date of death.
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Second World War memorial
Measurements: height 2FT 6", width 2FT 6"
Materials: Stone
- Second World War memorial
- 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
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