Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Canterbury
- Town
- Canterbury
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40951
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Current location
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
Cathedral Cl
Canterbury
Canterbury
Kent
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 152 579
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- RECTANGULAR HEADED MARBLE TABLET SHIELD AT THE TOP OF THE TABLET AND REGIMENTAL BADGE IN RELIEF AT THE BOTTOM CENTRE OF THE TABLET
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ EDWARD ALEXANDER STUART/ CANON OF THIS CATHEDRAL/ DIED AT CANTERURY FEB 26. 1917/ AGED 63 YEARS/ AND/ OF HIS THIRD SON/ LT. VERNON DOUGLAS STUART M.C./ 108TH (SIEGE) BATTERY R.G.A./ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ SEPT 29TH 1918. AGED 27 YEARS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Canon, Alexander Stuart
Stuart, Vernon Douglass
See details for all 2 names - 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,manner of death,age of death,relationships,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 70MM, height 870MM, width 480MM
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL
- 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
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