Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Waveney
Town
Mettingham
County
Suffolk
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Maker
Frederick Wheeler Friba (Designer)
Coalbrookdale Company (Manufacturer)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
4997

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Current location

All Saints Church
High Road
Mettingham
Waveney
Suffolk
NR35 1TL
England

OS Grid Ref: TM 36292 89989
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A cast bronze plaque , surmounted by a Royal Crown on a pediment with a flat top and a concave curve on each side . Below the pediment the sides and base of the plaque are formed by slight convex curves . On each side is a fluted column . Below the pediment is the arms of the City of London in high relief . Below this are two lines of the inscription and at the centre of the lower line the initials "CIV" within a wreath . Then a plate with impressed raised lettering and at the bottom the final part of the inscription and a cartouche with flourishes containing two dates probably connected to the period of service of the CIV . The basic plaque has been replicated to a fixed pattern , with the main part of the inscription specific to the soldier being commemorated and formed by a separate plate with raised lettering , probably brazed to the basic plaque ,
Inscription
THE CITY OF LONDON IMPERIAL VOLUNTEERS / DULCE ET DECORUM /CIV/ EST PRO PATRIA MORI / IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM FRASER COOMBS / A PRIVATE IN THIS REGIMENT AND ALSO IN THE / 20TH MIDDLESEX (ARTIST'S) VR SON OF WILLIAM ALLEN / COOMBS AND ANNIE HIS WIFE OF THIS PARISH. HE DIED / AT JOHANNESBURG ON THE 4TH SEPTEMBER 1900 DURING / THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN AGED 25 YEARS / THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE REGIMENTAL FUND / THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ALFRED NEWTON, BART, LORD MAYOR / 1899 - 1900 /
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Coombs, William Fraser
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Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: given names ,surname, rank, units , family relationships, place of death, date of death, age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 750mm, width 770mm
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
  • Grade I
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Corporate
Responsibility
PCC
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 152 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London

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