Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Charney Bassett
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31263
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Current location
North wall of Nave
St. Peter's Church
Lyford Road
Charney Bassett
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
OX12 0EJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 38098 94429
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted, portrait orientated tablet incorporating a raised moulded border. Incised cross at top centre, beneath which, is an incised inscription with name.
- Inscription
- + / IN MEMORY OF / DAVID WHITING / KILLED IN BATTLE / NORMANDY 1944 / PLACED HERE / BY THE PEOPLE OF / CHARNEY BASSETT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Whiting, David
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, manner of death, place of death, year of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 525 mm, width 375 mm
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST PETER
- 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
- Public
- Reference
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission Tpr D Whiting www.cwgc.org
- Web-link to Charney Bassett, village history pages. history.charneybassett.org.uk/recent-history/world-wars-2/
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