Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Lakeland
Town
Aldingham
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
Colonial India, Boer War; Second (1899-1902), First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
66775

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Current location

East End of South Aisle
St Cuthbert's Church
Aldingham
South Lakeland
Cumbria
LA12 9RT
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 28343 71039
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Marble memorial in a marble frame, with the family crest at top & the regimental badges of each casualty at the side beside each name.
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FOUR/GRANDSONS OF REV CANON JOHN MACAULAY/RECTOR OF THIS PARISH 1849-1874/ PERCY JOHN FREDERICK MACAULAY/LIEUT ROYAL ENGINEERS KILLED IN ACTION/AT WANA 3RD NOVEMBER 1894 DURING A NIGHT ATTACK ON BRITISH CAMP BY MASHUD WAZIRIS/NORTH WEST FRONTIER INDIA AGED 27 KENNETH ZACHARY POLLOCK MACAULAY/LIEUT LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT/DIED OF WOUNDS AT MIDDLEBURG, TRANSVAAL/30TH JANUARY 1901. THREE DAYS BEFORE/WHEN ON REAR GUARD (MOUNTED INFANTRY) RETREATING FROM CAROLINA HE FELL/WHILST “ENCOURAGING HIS MEN IN THE MOST/GALLANT MANNER” AGED 28 FREDERIC CHARLES MACAULAY/SERGT 1ST REGIMENT KING EDWARD’S HORSE/KILLED IN ACTION ON THE FRONT LINE/BETWEEN MAROC AND LOOS FRANCE/14TH JANUARY 1916 AGED 41 The above are the only sons of/Col Charles Edward Macaulay, Indian Staff Corps FRANK GORDON MACAUALAY/SERGT CANADAIAN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS/KILLED IN ACTION DURING AN INTENSE/BOMBARDMENT BY THE ENEMY AT ZILLEBEKE/NEAR YPRES 4TH JUNE 1916 AGED 29 Only son of the late Alfred Russell Macaulay “DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI” “Greater love hath no man than this”
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Macaulay, Frank Gordon
Macaulay, Kenneth Zachary Pollock
Macaulay, Percy John Frederick
Macualay, Frederric Charles
See details for all 4 names
Commemorations
  • Colonial India
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname and full forenames, Rank and Regiment, date, place & manner of death and age
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname and full forenames, Rank and Regiment, date, place & manner of death and age
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname and full forenames, Rank and Regiment, date, place & manner of death and age
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: depth 40mm, height 1210mm, width 710mm
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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