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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Castle Morpeth
Town
Stannington
County
Northumberland
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
34187

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Current location

ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
Stannington
Castle Morpeth
Northumberland
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 210 794
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
WALL-MOUNTED CIRCULAR BLACK MARBLE TABLET. WHITE MARBLE PATTRESS. INCISED GILT LETTERING. ELBORATE MOUNT CARVED TO RESEMBLED DRAPERY. LAUREL WREATH CARVED TO SURROUND TABLET. BADGE OF SCOTS GUARDS AT TOP CENTRE.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ VICTOR MATTHEW/ GORDON-IVES/ LIEUTENANT SCOTS GUARDS/ BORN JUNE 29TH 1921/ KILLED IN ACTION IN ITLAY/ JANUARY 22ND 1944/ BURIED AT MINTURNO/ SON OF/ CECIL MAYNARD GORDON-IVES/ SCOTS GUARDS/ AND OF HIS WIFE GWLADYS MARJORIE/ DAUGHTER OF/ THE 2ND VISCOUNT RIDLEY.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 750MM, width 660MM
    Materials: Marble - Black
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • WMSS52.1

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