Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Salisbury
Town
Salisbury
County
Wiltshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
43657

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Current location

Salisbury Cathedral
Bishops Walk
Salisbury
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 2EG
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 1423329517
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Rectangular white marble tablet on a grey marble backboard , a central panel with the dedication incised and coloured black within a plain border , a panel at each side with a stylised palm tree in low relief within a plain border .
Inscription
IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF/ROBERT GRAVES BLACKBURNE /FARRER /SON OF CANON AND MRS FARRER/LATE CAPTAIN RFA AND OF/THE MALAYAN CIVIL SERVICE /ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT /PASIR PUTEH KELANTAN /V JUNE MDCCCCXXV111/AGED XXX YEARS /WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER /ERECTED AS A MARK OF ESTEEM/AND APPRECIATION BY HIS /BROTHER OFFICERS IN MALAYA /
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Farrer, Robert Graves Blackburne
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Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Given names . surname , parents , rank , unit , manner of death , place of death , date of death, age at death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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