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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Lamp or lighting
- District
- Maidstone
- Town
- Boughton Monchelsea
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- J WIPPELL AND CO LTD (Designer)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 62071
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Current location
St Peter's Church
Church Hill
Boughton Monchelsea
Maidstone
Kent
ME174BU
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 77120 49890
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A sanctuary lamp with a rectangular inscribed stone tablet. Left hand corner of tablet has the crest of the Grenadier Guards with lettering in blue and red.
- Inscription
- IN VERY LOVING MEMORY OF/ LIEUT. ANTHONY DESMOND/ WINCH, GRENADIER GUARDS,/ AGED 23 YEARS, WHO LAID DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY 24/ JANUARY 1945 IN GERMANY/ THIS SANCTUARY LAMP HAS BEEN PLACED HERE BY HIS PARENTS/ LIEUT. COL. & MRS. G. BLUETT WINCH.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Winch, Anthony, Desmond
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename, age of death, relationships.
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Lamp or Lighting
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Hopton Wood
- Lamp or Lighting
- 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
- Private
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