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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Cheltenham
- Town
- Prestbury
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 36461
Current location
Prestbury
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL52 5LA
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 9720222981
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- ROUGH-HEWN WHEELED CROSS ABOVE GRAVE SET ON A TAPERED SQUARE BASE BEARING INSCRIPTION.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE / REVEREND JAMES ELLIOT GRASETT / FOR 46 YEARS VICAR OF / ALLENSHORE, HEREFORDSHIRE, / DIED SEPT. 13TH 1919, AGED 86. / AND OF HIS SON / CAPT. ELLIOT BLAIR GRASETT, I.A. / KILLED IN THE THIRD LINE GERMAN TRENCH, / GALLANTLY LEADING HIS MEN, AT THE BATTLE OF LOOS, SEPT. 25TH 1915, AGED 25. / BOTH "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH".
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Grasett, Elli T Blair
Grasett, James Elli T
See details for all 2 names - 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,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- 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
- History
- LEAD LETTERING OF INSCRIPTION IN POOR CONDITION
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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