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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tamworth
- Town
- Belgrave
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51239
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Current location
TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH
Field Farm Rd
Belgrave
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B77 2HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 225 025
Denomination: Baptist
- Previous locations
- TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH
Belgrave
Tamworth
Staffordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- TAMWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH
- Description
- WHITE MARBLE INSCRIPTION TABLET MOUNTED ONTO AN ALABASTER BACKBOARD WITH TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ LT. COL. THE REV DONALD FRASER D.S.O./ FOR ELEVEN YEARS THE DEVOTED PASTOR/ OF THIS CHURCH AND CONGREGATION/ HE SERVED HIS GOD AND COUNTRY DURING/ THE GREAT WAR AS CHAPLAIN TO THE TROOPS/ IN FRANCE AND LAID DOWN HIS LIFE IN THE EXERCISE/ OF HIS DUTY ON SUNDAY JUNE 2ND 1918/ AGED 43 YEARS./ HIS BODY RESTS AT COUIN NEAR MARIEUX./ "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Dirasir, R D M
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,occupation,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Backboard
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
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