Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Alnwick
Town
Alnwick
County
Northumberland
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: November 1920
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
  • Dedicated
    Date: 17th May 1925
    Attended by: Rev Leonard Gethen, Vicar of Alnwick
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
33444

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Current location

In north aisle
ST PAULS CHURCH
3 Prudhoe Villas
Alnwick
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 1UP
England

OS Grid Ref: NU 18677 13061
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
WALL-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE TABLET. BLACK LETTERING. In the top left hand corner is the badge of the Carr-Ellisons, in the top right hand corner is the badge of Northumberland Fusiliers, both in full colour. Lettering is incised and painted black, using Roman capitals throughout.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ OSWALD FENWICKE CLENNELL CARR-ELLISON,/ LIEUTENANT 2ND BATTALION 5TH FUSILIERS,/ SON OF THE LATE JOHN RALPH CARR-ELLISON ESQUIRE/ OF DUNSTON HILL IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM/ AND OF EDITH MAUDE MARY, HIS WIFE,/ KILLED IN ACTION AT LE CATELET, NEAR ST QUENTIN,/ 5TH OCTOBER 1918, WHIL COMMANDING HIS COMPANY./ AGED 23 YEARS/ FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT WITH ALL THY MIGHT/ CHRIST IS THY STRENGTH, AND CHRIST THY MIGHT.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Carr-ellison, Oswald Fenwicke Clennell
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height C 2FT 9IN, width C 3FT 3IN
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Site: £100

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: His Mother
Reference
  • WMSA11.29

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