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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Waverley
- Town
- Godalming
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61250
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Current location
In the Cloisters
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse Road
Godalming
Waverley
Surrey
GU7 2DX
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 96384 45058
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Plaque
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF MAJOR WALTER HYDE ATHERTON,/ OF THE 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS, WHO WAS EDUCATED AT/ CHARTERHOUSE, 1868-1872. HE FELL IN THE BATTLE OF ABU KLEA,/ IN THE SOUDAN, WHILE SERVING WITH THE HEAVY CAMEL CORPS./ BORN JANUARY 15TH 1855. DIED JANUARY 17TH 1885./ DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI./
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atherton, Walter Hyde
See details - Commemorations
- Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, date of death, regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,additional, date of birth
Order of information: Undefined
- Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaque
- 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 - Reference
- Charterhouse Register 1872-1910 p899
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