Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Sutton
Town
Carshalton
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
39370

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Current location

All Saints Church
Church Hill
Carshalton
Sutton
Greater London
SM5 3PD
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 27961 64484
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
White marble tablet with triangular pediment mounted onto a dark grey marble backboard. Inscription in black lettering.
Inscription
IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ GEORGE WILLIAM TAYLOR, OF CARSHALTON/ BARRISTER AT LAW, B.A., CAMBRIDGE, LIEUTENANT R.F.A./ BORN AT CARSHALTON PARK SEPTEMBER 29TH 1892, DIED IN FRANCE/ NOV. 9TH, 1917, OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION, NOV. 2ND 1917./ EDUCATED AT ETON AND CAMBRIDGE, HE CHOSE THE BAR AS HIS PROFESSION/ BUT DIRECTLY WAR WAS DECLARED IN 1914, HE AT ONCE APPLIED FOR AND OBTAINED/ HIS COMMISSION IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY HAVING PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN/ THE CAMBRIDGE ARTILLERY. HE LIVED & THOUGHT & FOUGHT ENTHUSIASTICALLY,/ ALL THAT HE DID WAS DONE WELL, ALMOST WITH INSPIRATION./ TO THE SMALL AS TO THE GREAT EVENTS OF HIS LIFE HE BROUGHT ALL THE/ ENTHUSIASM & VITALITY OF HIS NATURE. THE OFFICER COMMANDING HIS/ BATTERY WROTE OF HIM "HE WAS IN MY OPINION THE BEST SUBULTERN/ AND LEADER OF MEN I HAVE EVER HAD THE LUCK TO HAVE IN MY BATTERY,/ OR TO MEET ELSEWHERE."/ THUS ENDED THE LIFE OF A GALLANT GENTLEMAN, WHO MADE THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE FOR HIS COUNTRY, AS HE WAS ALWAYS PREPARED TO DO./ HE WAS BURIED IN DOZINGHEM BRITISH CEMETERY,/ WESTVLETEREN,/ N.W. OF POPERINGHE, BELGIUM./ TO ALL HIS RELATIONS & HIS MULTITUDE OF FRIENDS HIS LOSS IS IRREPARABLE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Taylor, George William
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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,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,occupation,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height 810mm, width 1090mm
    Materials: Marble - Grey
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 630mm, width 915mm
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
  • Grade II*
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church Authorites

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