Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Daventry
Town
Winwick
County
Northamptonshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
37382

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Current location

Memorial tablet located on wall of north chapel.
St. Michael & All Angels Church
"Church Lane"
Winwick
Daventry
Northamptonshire
NN6 7PD
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 62579 73875
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wall mounted landscape orientated grey marble tablet mounted onto a streaked black marble backboard. Multi-coloured family crest at top centre of tablet, regimental crest at bottom centre. Incised inscription infilled with gold coloured paint. Battle honours incised as "ribbon scrolls" around edge of black marble backboard.
Inscription
Scroll : VIRESCIT VULNERE VIRTUS / Main inscription : IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ GEOFFREY STEWART/ CAPTAIN IN THE 1ST BATTALION OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS/ OF WINWICK MANOR/ BORN AT BINFIELD IN BERKSHIRE OCTOBER 28TH 1878/ KILLED IN ACTION AT GIVENCHY IN FLANDERS DECEMBER 22ND 1914/ AGED 36 YEARS/ "GREATER LOVE HAT NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS" / Centre bottom : NULLI SECUNDUS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Stewart, Geoffrey
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age of death,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Grey
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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