Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Montgomeryshire
Town
Leighton
County
Powys
Country
Wales
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
65959

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Current location

Holy Trinity Church
3 Church Close
Leighton
Montgomeryshire
Powys
SY21 8JH
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SJ 24254 05960
Denomination: Church in Wales

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Description
A rectangular cream marble tablet set within an ogee-moulded frame with two fillets on the inside edge in veined light-brown marble. In the top right and left corners there are two rounded maroon marble inserts: the left is the Naylor family crest of a lion passant below the family motto; the right is the Royal Welch Fusilier badge of a dragon rampant. The dedicatory inscription is in Roman capitals, incised with brown infilling.
Inscription
IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ ROWLAND EDMUND NAYLOR/ Lieutenant 1st Batt. Royal Welch Fusiliers/ YOUNGEST SON OF/ JOHN AND MAGDALENE NAYLOR/ OF LEIGHTON HALL/ KILLED IN ACTION AT FESTUBERT/ 16th MAY 1915 AGED 21/ "The Glory dies not, and the grief is past."
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: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 50mm, height 430mm, width 630mm
    Materials: Marble
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Brown
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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