
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Brentwood
- Town
- Shenfield
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: Sunday 2nd September 1917
Attended by: Rev LJ Harding and members of the Harding family
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71990
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Current location
St Mary the Virgin Church
Hall Lane
Shenfield
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 9AL
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 60549 95127
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A wall-mounted stone tablet with black lettering. It is mounted on the south wall near the pulpit.
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOHN ROBERT LANDON/ CAPTAIN ROYAL WARWARWIKSHIE REGIMENT/ WHO FELL IN ACTION GUILLEMONT/ IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME/ ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD 1916/ AGED 28 YEARS/ AND IN LOVING MEMORYOF/ HIS DEVOTED MOTHER/ CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH BELL LANDON/ OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED JUNE 15TH 1917
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Landon, James Robert
See details - 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, date of death, place of death, age at death, additional.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 450mm, width 760mm
Materials: White Sicilian marble
- Tablet
- 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
- Barking, East Ham & Ilford Advertiser 8th September 1917
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