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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Poole
- Town
- Foxholes
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 48875
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Current location
ST CLEMENTS CHURCH
St Clements Rd
Foxholes
Poole
Dorset
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 034 912
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- White tablet with a leaf pattern on its border. The memorial contains black capitalised lettering, commemorating Leslie Louis Sampson and E.G.H. Sampson, who died during the First World War.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LESLIE LOUIS SAMPSON,/ WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN / ACTION AT PASSCHENDAELE BELGIUM/ NOVEMBER 6TH 1917,/ AGED 19 YEARS./ ALSO OF/ TROOPER E.H..G. SAMPSON,/ DIED AT CAIRO EGYPT/ AGED 23 YEARS/ "REST IN THE LORD."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Sampson, E H G
Sampson, Leslie Louis
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,place of death,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 580MM, width 750MM
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- 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
- L L SAMPSON AND TPR E H G SAMPSON
- WMO ID: 76331
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-02-2018]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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