Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rushmoor
- Town
- Aldershot
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 50555
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Current location
ST ANDREWS GARRISON CHURCH
Queens Av
Aldershot
Rushmoor
Hampshire
GU11 2BY
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 86695 52012
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE WITH INCISED INSCRIPTION. BORDER OF THISTLES ETCHED ON THE PLAQUE. BADGE OF THE ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSLIERS IS DEPICTED IN RELIEF AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE. A REVOLVER IS DEPICTED IN RELIEF AT THE BOTTOM CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE. REGIMETNAL STUD AT THE CORNERS OF THE PLAQUE.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING AND PROUD MEMORY,/ 2ND LIEUT. ALFRED DOUGLAS WINGATE, I.A./ ONLY SURVIVING SON OF SIR ANDREW WINGATE, K.C.I.E. AND LADY WINGATE./ BORN AT NASIK, INDIA, JUNE 12TH 1894/ PASSED OUT OF SANDHURST AUGUST 1914,/ KILLED IN ACTION AT RICHEBOURG L'AVOUE; MAY 16TH 1916,/ LEADING THE BOMBERS OF THE 2ND ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS./ 'MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US'/ ROM. 8. 31/ 'REMEMBER, GOD HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE YOU, AND HAS CHOSEN A PLACE FOR YOU'/ (FOUND IN HIS NOTE BOOK)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Wingate, Alfred Douglas
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 450MM, width 650MM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- History
- 2003: THE BOTTOM REGIMENTAL STUDS ON THE CORNERS OF THE PLAQUE ARE MISSING
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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