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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Shepway
- Town
- Lydd
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72531
Current location
All Saints Church
High Street
Lydd
Shepway
Kent
TN29 9DX
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 04269 20955
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A rectangular brass plaque, Nowy-headed top, with black lettering
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ NEVILLE LANCELOT COLLINS/ 2nd LIGHT ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT/ KILLED WHILE LEADING HIS PLATOON/ AUGUST 16th 1916/ AGE 22 YEARS/ HIS BODY LIES IN A SOLDIERS GRAVE/ NOT FAR FROM POZIERES/ HIS SOUL TO GOD/ HIS LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Collins, Neville, Lancelot
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Neville Collins father was Parish Priest at Lydd in 1916 and hence the Memorial Plaque. Neville was born in 1894 in Molash, Kent, where his father was Parish Priest and where he spent his early years, His Battlefield Cross (WM 16340) is in Molash Parish Church
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