Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Huntingdon
- Town
- Yaxley, Peterborough
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 392
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Current location
43
St. Peter's Church
Church Street
Yaxley
Peterborough
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE7 3LH
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 17700 91842
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted marble tablet.
- Inscription
- IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ GEORGE SPENCER COOPER/ 2ND LIEUT. 6TH BATTN. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT/ WHO WAS KILLED AT MIRAUMONT FRANCE/ AT THE BATTLE OF BOOM RAVINE FEB. 17TH 1917/ WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING THE MEN OF HIS PLATOON/ IN AN ATTACK ON THE GERMAN TRENCHES/ AGED 19 YEARS/ DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cooper, George Spencer
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,surname,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER
- Grade I
- 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
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