2nd. Lieutenant W. V. Sculthorpe

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Leicester
Town: Leicester
County: Leicestershire
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 37521

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Current location

Leicester Cathedral
Peacock Lane
Leicester
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 5DE
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 58489 04447
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Oval white marble tablet attached to a wall mounted slate backing tablet. Scroll-effect borders. Black lettering. Queen's Regiment Badge of a lamb at top. Coloured Coat of Arms at base centre.

Inscription

(On tablet) : KILLED IN ACTION / IN FLANDERS 8TH JUNE 1917 / W. VAUGHAN SCULTHORPE / B.A. OXON 2ND LIEUTENANT / LONDON REGIMENT (QUEENS) / AGED 26 YEARS AND 1 MONTH / DEARLY LOVED / AND ONLY CHILD OF / MR AND MRS SCULTHORPE / LEICESTER / IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE (On slate backboard) : "YOU WERE OUR PRIDE / WE DREAMED GREAT THINGS FOR YOU / GOD INTERVENED AND SO THE DREAM CAME TRUE" / FATHER AND MOTHER

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Sculthorpe, W. Vaughan
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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,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Backboard
Measurements: height c 900 mm, width c 450 mm
Materials: Slate
Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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