Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- North Dorset
- Town
- Gillingham
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Nathaniel Hitch (Sculptor)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26504
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Current location
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
The Chantry
Gillingham
North Dorset
Dorset
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 806 265
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ELABORATE PORTLAND STONE REREDOS DEPICTING NATIVITY SCENE.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF WALTER FREANEY MATTHEW KILLED IN ACTION SEPT 28 1917 AGED 29/ AND OF EDWARD PHILLIP MATTHEWS KILLED IN ACTION SEPT 16 1916 AGED 20
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Matthews, Edward Phillip
Matthews, Walter Freaney
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,forename,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Screen
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Screen
- 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
- W F and E P Matthews Memorial Altar
- WMO ID: 250762
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-03-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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