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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
- 41522
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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
- PLAIN RECTANGULAR STONE TABLET WITH INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING RFC WINGS CARVED IN RELIEF AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE TABLET
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ MAJOR LEONARD ARTHUR TILNEY. M.C./ OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF THE CROWN/ AND CROIX DE GUERRE BELGIUM./ LIEUT. ROYAL HORSE GUARDS./ SQDN COMMDR ROYAL FLYING CORPS./ KILLED IN AERIAL ACTION/ OVER THE ENEMY LINES/ MARCH 9TH 1918. AGED 22?./ BURIED NEAR DOURGES. GRAVE 1314
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Tilney, Leonard Arthur
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,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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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