John Peniston Milbanke VC

1324767415

Use this image under Non-Commercial licence

This image was created and shared by: John Hendry

You can embed or download low-resolution images free of charge for private and non-commercial use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence.
By downloading or embedding any image, you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is:
© John Hendry (WMR-43442)

Download

Embed
HTML:

<a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/43442" target="_blank"> <img src="https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/memorials/82/61/mid_043_eartham.jpg?action=e&cat" alt="John Peniston Milbanke VC"> </a> <span> John Peniston Milbanke VC <a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright">© John Hendry (WMR-43442)</a> </span>

BBCode:

[url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/43442][img]https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/memorials/82/61/mid_043_eartham.jpg?action=e&cat[/img][/url] [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/43442]John Peniston Milbanke VC.[/url] [url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright]© John Hendry (WMR-43442)[/url]

Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Chichester
Town: Eartham
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 43442

Support IWM

Donate with Just Giving

Any gift we receive makes a vital contribution to our ongoing work, from conserving our collection to supporting our public programme.

Make a Donation

Current location

St Margaret's Church
Britten's Lane
Eartham
Chichester
West Sussex
PO18 0LT
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 93860 09360
Denomination: Church of England

View location on Google Maps

Description

STONE TABLET

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF / JOHN PENISTON MILBANKE V.C. 10TH BART / BORN 9TH OCT 1872 / KILLED IN ACTION 21 AUG 1915 / HE WAS GAZETTED 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS 23 NOVE 1892. GAINED THE / VICTORIA CROSS IN SOUTH AFRICA NEAR COLESBERG 6 JANY 1900 AND / RETIRED AS MAJOR IN 1910. HE REJOINED THE ARMY ON THE OUTBREAK / OF HOSTILITIES AUG 1914. WAS APPOINTED LIEUT COL COMMANDING / THE SHERWOOD RANGERS (NOTTS YEOMANRY) AND WAS KILLED LEADING / ON CHOCOLATE HILL GALLIPOLI / HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY , HIS SOUL TO GOD

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Milbanke, John Penistone
See details

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: forename,decorations,year died,regiment
VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Tablet
Measurements: height 550 MM, width 1060 MM
Materials: Stone

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

If you know the condition of this memorial, please help by adding details

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.

This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:

For queries, please contact [email protected].