Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Taunton Deane
- Town
- Taunton
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46411
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Current location
ST JAMES CHURCH
Taunton
Taunton Deane
Somerset
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 228 248
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SMALL NOWY HEADED TABLET AND BACKBOARD BADGE OF SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY IN NOWY HEAD
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LIONEL HENRY HARDING/ 1/5TH SOMERSET LT INF/ WHO DIED AT MUREE INDIA, SEPT 10TH 1918/ AGED 23 YEARS/ AFTER A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS BORN WITH QUIET/ CONFIDENCE IN HIS SAVIOUR WHOM HE EARLY/ LOVED AND SERVED IN THIS CHURCH AS CHORISTER AND/ TEACHER IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL/ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS AND SISTER
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: height 500MM, width 600MM
Materials: Marble - White
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- ST JAMES CHURCH
- Grade II*
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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
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