Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Castle Morpeth
- Town
- Mitford
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34087
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Current location
north wall of nave
St Mary Magdalene Church
B6343
Throphill
Mitford
Castle Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 3PZ
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 16904 85613
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass Plaque with a wide patterned border of trefoils with squares at the 4 corners. The lettering is sunk in casting and enamelled black, using a mixture of Roman and other upper and lower case lettering. The quotation is in Gothic upper and lower case.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE LOVED AND HONOURED MEMORY OF/ IAN BREAC MACLEOD/ LIEUT. 2ND BATT. THE BLACK WATCH,/ KILLED IN ACTION 17TH APRIL 1915/ AGED 21 YEARS/ "GOD PROVED HIM, AND FOUND HIM WORTHY FOR HIMSELF"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Macleod, Ian Breac
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, forenames, manner of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 265MM, width 455MM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
Details: Canon Roderick Charles McLeod, Rural Dean, and his father. He was descended from the McLeods of Dunvegan Castle, competent composer of music. - Reference
- A History of Mitford Church, page 16- reference P270 at Northumberland Record Office
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