Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Forest Heath
- Town
- Newmarket
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4541
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Current location
St. Agnes' Church
Bury Road
Newmarket
Forest Heath
Suffolk
CB8 7BX
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 65016 64010
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Gothic canopy over inscription Regimental badge below canopy, followed by a cross
- Inscription
- SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/FRANCIS LAMBTON/2ND LIEUTENANT ROYAL HORSE GUARDS/9TH SON OF THE SECOND EARL OF DURHAM/BORN 18TH JANUARY 1871/KILLED IN ACTION AGAINST THE GERMAN ARMY AT ZANDVOORDE/ OCTOBER 30TH 1914/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY SOME OF THOSE FRIENDS WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM/TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Lambton, Francis
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, rank, regiment, relationship, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 25 mm, height 940 mm, width 1120 mm
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- PCC
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.
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