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
- 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
See details - 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- 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
- Responsibility
- ETON COLLEGE
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