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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- North Shropshire
- Town
- Moreton Corbett
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37949
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Current location
ST BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH
Moreton Corbett
North Shropshire
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 550 230
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- LARGE ELABORATE ROOFED TOMB ETCHED INTO THE SIDE OF THE TOMB WHICH HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED IS A LARGE FAMILY CREST, CONSITING OF A SQUIRREL AND AN ELEPHANT SET IN SEMI-CIRCULAR WREATH
- Inscription
- (NON MILITARY INSCRIPTION NOT PROVIDED) ALSO OF HIS BROTHER/ ROLAND JAMES CORBET/ 5TH BARONET LIEUTENANT COLDSTREAM GUARDS/ BORN AUGUST 19TH 1892 KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN (ILLEGIBLE)/ AT GIVENCHY FRANCE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Corbet, Roland James
See details - 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,additional,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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