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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Kennet
- Town
- Marlborough
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 55681
Current location
To the right of the altar
Marlborough College Chapel
Bath Road
Marlborough
Kennet
Wiltshire
SN8 1NL
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 1834068731
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- An army issue wooden battlefield cross, mounted on the chapel wall. It has a framed photograph attached below the horizontal beam showing the original location of the grave. Also has three small metal plaques screwed onto the horizontal beam, centrally mounted and underneath each other. One plaque centrally mounted at the top of the perpendicular beam.
- Inscription
- THIS CROSS WAS SET OVER THE GRAVE OF/ LIEUTENANT JOHN LINDSEY KELSALL/ WHO WAS KILLED AT HIS GUNS NEAR/ ZOLLEBEKE LAKE ON 27TH AUGUST/ 68TH (ARMY) BRIGADE R.F.A/ HIS BODY IS BURIED IN "HUTS" MILITARY/ CEMETERY, DICKEBUSCH. FLANDERS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of burial
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Photograph/s
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
- 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 - Responsibility
- Marlborough College
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