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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Bells or bell tower
- District
- Shepway
- Town
- Lympne
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 47417
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- Previous locations
- ST STEPHENS CHURCH
Lympne
Shepway
Kent
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 119 348
Denomination: Church of England
- ST STEPHENS CHURCH
- Description
- TREBLE BELL TO 3 MEMBERS OF FAMILY; WINDOW TO AMYAN LOST IN BOMBING
- Inscription
- THE TREBLE BELL IN THIS CHURCH ()ST. STEPHEN, LYMPNE) / WAS GIVEN IN 1948 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF / EDWARD HUGH STANLEY CHAMPNEYS (1861-1940) / MAGDALENE ALICE CHAMPNEYS (1862-1942) / JOHN AMYAN LUDFORD CHAMPNEYS (1899-1918) / FATHER, MOTHER AND BELOVED SON OF OTTERPOOL MANOR / A MEMORIAL WINDOW HERE, TO AMYAN, WHO WAS KILLED IN AIR COMBAT / WAS DESTROYED BY BOMBING IN 1944
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Bells
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Glass
- Bells
- Condition
- Champneys Family
- WMO ID: 269820
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 23-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website www.fadedgenes.co.uk/JohnCHAMPNEYS.html
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