Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Tunbridge Wells
Town
Speldhurst
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
72199

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Current location

North of church
St Mary the Virgin Church
Speldhurst Hill
Speldhurst
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN3 0NN
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 55320 41510
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Plain cross on three-step pedestal
Inscription
SACRED / TO THE DEAR / MEMORY OF // CHARLES WATSON POWELL M.A. D.L. J.P., / OF THE MANOR HOUSE / DIED. FEB 10TH 1937. AGE 84 // AND OF HIS SONS WHO DIED IN FRANCE / BADEN BURIED AT MAROC, 1916 GERALD, BURIED AT DICKENBUSCH 1917. AGED 26. // And also of his wife Elizabeth Constance Powell, d. 17 Aug 1961. Aged 94
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Relationship, place of deaths, forename, place of burial, year of death, age at death.
    Order of information: date of death
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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