Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Hambleton
- Town
- Coxwold
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Colonial India, Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29556
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Current location
St Michael's Church
Husthwaite Road,
Coxwold
Hambleton
North Yorkshire
YO61 4AE
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 53309 77208
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- RECTANGULAR DARK MARBLE TABLET WITH MOULDED BORDER. BAS RELIEF PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF THE BROTHERS IN WHITE MARBLE IN THE TOP PART. INSCRIPTION IN GOLD PAINTED LETTERING
- Inscription
- UPPER LEFT: GEORGE/ LIEUT KINGS ROYAL RIFLES/ BORN AT NEWBURGH NOV 1 1865/ DIED AT MEERUT, JAN 18 1889/ AND BURIED THERE UPPER RIGHT: STEPHEN FREDERICK/ CAPTAIN 3RD BATT IMPERIAL YEOMANRY/ BORN AT NEWBURGH FEB 19 1867/ DIED AT VRYBURG S. AFRICA FEB 1 1901/ AND BURIED THERE BASE: THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE TENANTRY OF THE ESTATES/ OF SIR GEORGE ORBY WOMBWELL, BART, IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HIS TWO SONS WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ THY WILL BE DONE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Wombwell, George
Wombwell, Stephen Frederick
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- Colonial India
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, place of burial, additional
Order of information: Undefined - Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of burial, manner of death, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Colonial India
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 60 cm, width 90cm
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- 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
- Other
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