Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Newark And Sherwood
- Town
- Kneesall
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27218
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Current location
CHANCEL WALL
ST BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH
Newark Road
Kneesall
Newark And Sherwood
Nottinghamshire
NG22 0AD
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 70400 64200
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass Tablet on the North Wall of the Chancel
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF CORPL. JOHN WHYLEY/ CHELL 44 SQDN 12TH BATTN IMPERIAL YEOMANRY/ UNDERGRADUATE OF ST JOHNS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, SON OF/ THE VICAR OF THIS PARISH, WHO FELL IN ACTION AT/ LEEWSPRUIT ON 25 FEBRUARY 1902 AND WAS BURIED AT/ BETHSHEBA FARM HARRISMITH AGED 21 YEARS/ "THIS TABLET WAS PLACED BY HIS FELLOW PARISHIONERS AND/ FRIENDS IN TOKEN OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF HIS/ STERLING AND MANLY CHARACTER
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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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