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Memorial details

Memorial type
Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
District
Bassetlaw
Town
Clayworth
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
26912

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Current location

ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CHANCEL
ST PETERS CHURCH
Wiseton Road
Clayworth
Bassetlaw
Nottinghamshire
DN22 9AN
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 72628 88429
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Chancel was decorated and dedicatory brass plaque erected.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND AS A THANK OFFERING FOR THE SAFE RETURN FROM THE BOER WAR OF 1899 - 1902 OF HER BELOVED SON, CAPT JOSEPH FREDERICK LAYCOCK, D.S.O. WHO BEING AT THAT TIME MAJOR IN THE SHERWOOD RANGERS IMPERIAL YEOMANRY SERVED ON THE STAFF OF SIR JOHN FRENCH K.C.B. THIS CHANCEL HAS BEEN DECORATED IN DEEP GRATITUDE BY HIS MOTHER, LADY D'ARCY GODULPHIN (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Laycock, Joseph Frederick
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Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,regiment,forename,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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