Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
East Hampshire
Town
Bramshott
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40275

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Current location

ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
Church La
Bramshott
East Hampshire
Hampshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 843 329
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
ELABORATE WALL MONUMENT FAMILY CREST (TOP LEFT) AND BADGE OF 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS (TOP RIGHT)
Inscription
TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF/ OSMOND MOWATT/ LIEUTENANT 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS/ WHO DIED AT DUISANS CASUALTY CLEARING STATION APRIL 22ND 1917/ OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN THECAVALRY CHARGE NEAR MONCHY LE/ PREUX ARRAS ON APRIL 11TH BURIED IN DUISANS MILITARY CEMETERY/ EH RECEIVED THE 1914 STAR AND BAR/ BORN MAY 24TH 1880 HE WAS THE YOUNGER AND SURVIVING CHILD OF/ JAMES AND FANNY LOUISA MOWATT OF KINGSWOOD FIRS/ WHILE YET AN UNDERGRADUATE AT GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE/ HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR AND AS A LIEUTENANT/ IMPERIAL YEOMANRY SAW MUCH SERVICE AND WAS TWICE WOUNDED./ HE RECEIVED THE QUEEN'S MEDAL 3 CLASPS. THE KING'S MEDAL 2 CLASPS/ AND RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF HON. LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY ETC ETC/ RETURNING TO CAMBRIDGE HE GRADUATED B.A. WITH SCIENCE HONOURS 1904. M.A 1907/ A JOYOUS SPIRIT, - BRAVE, LOYAL TRUE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Mowatt, Osmond
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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 birth,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST MARY
  • 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
Sponsorship
Private

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