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
- 41545
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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 STONE TABLET WITH INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HON. VERE DOUGLAS BOSCAWEN/ 2ND LIEUT. 1ST BATT. COLDSTREAM GUARDS/ BORN 3RD AUG. 1890. KILLED AT GHELUVELT/ NEAR YPRES 29TH OCT. 1914.-ALSO OF HIS BROTHER/ HON. GEORGE EDWARD BOSCAWEN/ MAJOR. D.S.O. ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY/ BORN 6TH DEC. 1888. MORTALLY WOUNDED/ AT CRAONELLE NEAR LAON. 31ST MAY 1918.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Boscawen, The Honourable George Edward
Boscawen, The Honourable Vere Douglas
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,relationships
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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