Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
West Dorset
Town
Sherborne
County
Dorset
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
53311

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Current location

IN LEWESTON CHAPEL
SHERBORNE ABBEY
Sherborne
West Dorset
Dorset
DT9
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 637 165
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
BRONZE TABLET WITH SWORD DETAIL CARVED DECORATIVE STONE FRAME SURROUNDING BRONZE PLATE WITH GOLD LETTERING SET INTO WALL. BENEATH IS A BRONZE SWORD WITH BRONZE LAUREL WREATH ENCIRCLING HANDLE, HILT AND TOP OF BLADE.
Inscription
IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF/ GARETH HAMILTON FLETCHER/ 2ND LIEUT GRENADIER GUARDS/ ELDER SURVIVING SON OF/ GEORGE HAMILTON ESQUIRE/ OF LEWESTON MANOR, SHERBOURNE/ AND CONSTANCE HIS WIFE/ HE DIED FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY/ IN THE FRONT TRENCHES AT CUINCHY/ LA BASSEE, FRANCE, ON THE/ 25TH JANY 1915. AGED 20/ "A SPLENDID CHARACTER"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Fletcher, Gareth Hamilton
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: forename,rank,regiment,relationships,manner of death,place of death,year died,age of death
Components
  • Detail
    Measurements: height 29.25 IN, width 15 IN
    Materials: Bronze
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 12 IN, width 17.5 IN
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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