Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Fenland
- Town
- Pondersbridge
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3544
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Current location
St Thomas Church
Pondersbridge
Fenland
Cambridgeshire
PE26 2TL
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 26125 91911
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Bronze plaque on grey marble back board
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/WILLIAM ORR HAMPTON/2ND LIEUT 3RD NORFOLKS 70TH MGC/ELDER AND ONLY SURVIVING SON OF/THE REV WH HAMPTON VICAR/OF THIS PARISH FOR 24 YEARS/KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/JULY 1ST 1916 AGED 28 YEARS / BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hampton, William Orr
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Green - Plaque
Measurements: height 460 MM, width 760 MM
Materials: Bronze
- Backboard
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS
- Grade II
- 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
- Private
- Responsibility
- St Thomas PCC
- Reference
- BAK 88
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