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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Penwith
Town
St Michael’s Mount, Marazion
County
Cornwall
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
50868

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Current location

St Michaels Mount Castle Chapel
St Michael’s Mount
Marazion
Penwith
Cornwall
TR17 0HT
England

OS Grid Ref: SW 51456 29843
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Nowy-headed plain grey slate tablet with incised inscription in gilded lettering. Coloured family arms at top. Death plaque at lower right corner with medal ribbons at left for the Egypt Medal, Queen's South Africa Medal, the 1914 Star, the British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal, the Coronation Medal 1911and the Khedive's Star.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / MAJOR THE HONBLE / EDWARD STUART / ST AUBYN LATE KINGS / ROYAL RIFLE CORPS/ RES OFFICERS G.S.O. / GRADE 2/ 2ND SON OF JOHN AND / ELIZABETH CLEMENTINA / LORD AND LADY ST. LEVAN / BORN AT BALLS / HERTFORD 30TH OCTOBER 1858/ SERVED IN THE KINGS / ROYAL RIFLE CORPS 1879-91 / EGYPTIAN WAR 1882 / S. AFRICAN WAR 1899 - 1900 / THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1915 / LOST WHILE SERVING AS / KING'S MESSANGER IN / THE S.S. PERSIA TORPEDOED / IN THE MEDITERRANEAN / 31ST DEC. 1915.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
St Aubyn Stuart, Edward Stuart
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,occupation
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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