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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
- 41553
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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 MARBLE TABLET WITH MOULDED BORDER INSCRIPTION DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS FAMILY CREST IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE TABLET. LATIN CROSS ABOVE THE MAIN DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- RIGHT SIDE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND THE BELOVED MEMORY OF/ EDWARD ARTHUR WILLSON CROSSE,/ (R.S. DE HAVILLANDS 1911 - 1917)/ 2ND LIEUT: COLDSTREAM GUARDS,/ WHO FELL IN ACTION AT THE/ CANAL DU NORD, CAMBRAI, FRANCE,/ 27TH SEPTMEBER 1918, AGED 20/ ETONAM NACTUS EXORNAVIT/ R. I. P. LEFT SIDE: HIS BODY/ REST IN/ HILL TOP/ CEMETERY/ NEAR/ HAVRINCOURT.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Crosse, Edward Arthur Willson
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,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- 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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