Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
District
Mid Sussex
Town
East Grinstead
County
West Sussex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
43024

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Current location

St Swithun's Church
Church Lane
East Grinstead
Mid Sussex
West Sussex
RH19 3AS
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 39650 38000
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
ORNAMENTAL SCREENS
Inscription
Left screen: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF 2ND LIEUT GUY FRANCIS ORMOND DEVITT RIFLE BRIGADE AGED 23 Left gate: THIS SCREEN WAS ERECTED / BY HIS PARENTS Right screen: WHO WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED AT HOOGE IN FLANDERS WHILST LEADING HIS PLATOON JULY 30TH 1915 Right gate: ANDREW & JANE DALES DEVITT / IN THE YEAR 1919
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, forename, surname, regiment, age at death, relationship, cause of death, place of wounding, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Screen
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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