Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Sunningwell
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31821
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Current location
St. Leonard's Church
Sunningwell Road
Sunningwell
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
OX13 6RD
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 49573 00533
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted, landscape oriented, mould-edged, incised tablet incorporating a badge in relief of the Ox. and Bucks. Light Infantry at top centre. Inscription infilled with black paint.
- Inscription
- In loving memory of / Major Sidney John Heath-Smith B.A. / 2nd. Batt. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire / Light Infantry (Airborne) / Born February 4th. 1919 / Killed in action March 24th. 1945 / "He laid down his life for a noble cause / and passed unafraid to GOD."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Heath-smith, Sidney John
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, date of birth, manner of death, date of death, relationships
Order of information: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, date of birth, manner of death, date of death, relationships
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Private
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