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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Windsor And Maidenhead
Town
Eton
County
Berkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
41491

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Current location

In the cloisters
Eton College
Eton
Windsor And Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL4 6AS
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 96678 77912
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE WITH INCISED INSCRIPTION INCISED FOLIATE BORDER. CREST AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE
Inscription
TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF/ GASPARD ALURED EVELYN RIDOUT/ SECOND LIEUT. R.F.A./ WHO FELL IN ACTION NEAR/ CARPEZA COPSE BEFORE ROOISEL/ ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE GREAT/ GERMAN OFFENSIVE 21 MARCH 1918/ AGED 19/ IN A PLACE WHICH HIS FOOTSTEPS/ OFTEN PASSED THIS MEMORIAL IS/ SET UP BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER/ ARTHUR GEORGE AND AND BEAUJOLOIS MABEL/ RIDOUT/ IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE/ "HE ASKED LIFE OF THEE, AND THOU GAVEST HIM/ A LONG LIFE EVEN FOR EVER AND EVER."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ridout, Gaspard Alured Evelyn
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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,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
ETON COLLEGE

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