Memorial details

Memorial type
Other structure
District
East Hampshire
Town
Chawton
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: 1949
    Attended by: Duke of Wellington KG
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
48190

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Current location

Jane Austens House Museum
Jane Austen's House Museum
Chawton
East Hampshire
Hampshire
GU34 1SD
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 70831 37579
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
House with tablet mounted on external wall. Tablet with curved top and moulded border. Plaque commemorating the novelist Jane Austen is adjacent. Dedication within frame is kept within the house.
Inscription
Tablet: JANE AUSTEN'S HOME/ GIVEN BY/ THOMAS EDWARD CARPENTER, J.P. OF MILL HILL/ IN MEMORY OF HIS SON/ LIEUT. PHILIP JOHN CARPENTER,/ EAST SURREY REGT./ KILLED IN ACTION, LAKE TRASIMENE, 1944./ OPENED 1949 BY THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON K.G.,/ PRESIDENT OF THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY,/ FOUNDED 1940 BY DOROTHY DARNELL OF ALTON Plaque: JANE AUSTEN/ LIVED HERE FROM 1809-1817/ AND HENCE ALL HER WORKS/ WERE SENT INTO THIS WORLD./ HER ADMIRERS IN THIS COUNTRY/ AND IN AMERICA HAVE UNITED/ TO ERECT THIS TABLET/ SUCH ART AS HERS/ CAN NEVER GROW OLD
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Carpenter, Philip John
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Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death, relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Building
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • www.hampshirewarmemorials.com for image confirming existing record

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