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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
- 41500
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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 METAL PLAQUE PLACED WITHIN A MOULDED STONE FRAME SET INTO THE WALL. INCISED INSCRIPTION INCISED CREST ATTHE TOP CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE WITH A SCROLLING FOLIATE DESIGN AROUND IT
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE HAPPY SCHOOL DAYS OF/ WILLIAM GEORGE EDMONSTONE/ LIEUTENANT, COLDSTREAM GUARDS/ BORN 20 OCT 1896/ CAME TO ETON SEPT. 1909/ LEFT ETON MARCH 1915/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ 15 SEPT 1916/ HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Edmonstone, William George
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,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Frame
- 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 - Responsibility
- ETON COLLEGE
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