Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Purbeck
- Town
- Wareham
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 69936
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Current location
Lady St. Mary's Church
Church Street
Wareham
Purbeck
Dorset
BH20 4NF
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 92498 87189
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular bronze plaque mounted on a dark grey marble backboard. Small badge engraved in each top corner, to the left of which is the Dorsetshire Regimental insignia, to the right is a dolphin and scroll. Lettering is engraved.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN FOND MEMORY OF KILCOURSIE S. COURTENAY/ (LIEUT.) THE DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT, ONLY SON OF KILCOURSIE J. AND M. COURTENAY./ HE FELL IN ACTION AT DAMERY (SOMME) AUG 11TH 1918 AGE 25./ HIS BODY WAS MIRACULOUSLY FOUND BY HIS MOTHER ON THE BATTLEFIELD AFTER 14 MONTHS,/ AND BURIED BOUCHOIR (SOMME)./ SO KINDLY BRAVE AND LOVED: FOR HIS COUNTRY'S SAKE TO DEATH HE WENT CONTENT, AND EVER MISSED.
- 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: Forename, surname, rank, regiment, relationship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age of death, place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Grey
- 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
- www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/308398/COURTENAY, KILCOURSIE SIGISMUND
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