Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
North Cornwall
Town
Bodmin
County
Cornwall
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
52726

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Current location

North Wall of Soldiers Chapel
St Petroc's Church
Priory Road
Bodmin
North Cornwall
Cornwall
PL31 2DT
England

OS Grid Ref: SX 07231 67390
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
MARBLE TABLET SET ON MARBLE. WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH DCLI AND BATTALION BADGES AT TOP LEFT AND RIGHT CORNERS. BROEN MARBLE BORDERS TABLET WITH WHITE MARBLE CORNERS INLAID WITH RED ROSES. GREY AND WHITE GRANITE BACKBOARD IS POLISHED.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ PHILIP THOMAS HATTON GARDNER/ LIEUT: 2ND BN THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY/ WHO DIED AT HARRISMITH ORANGE FREE STATE, ON DEC 7 1911/ IN HIS 32ND YEAR FROM AN ACCIDENT RECEIVED WHILE ON DUTY./ ERECTED BY/ THE OFFICERS, NCOS AND MEN OF THE DCLI & 5TH MI.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Gardner, Philip Thomas Hatton Gardner
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Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Brown
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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