Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Elmbridge
Town
Cobham
County
Surrey
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
74147

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Current location

On private ladn with permissive access
Hatchford (St Matthew) Churchyard
Hatchford Manor
Cobham
Elmbridge
Surrey
KT11 1LR
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 09295 57904
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Stone shield bearing Royal Flying Corps Wings, below which an illegible scroll, below which the inscription. Below all, THE Coldstream Guards Garter Star . Studded border around shield. Behind shield a sword and sash.
Inscription
TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / ESME FAIRFAX CHINNERY. / COLDSTREAM GUARDS AND ROYAL FLYING CORPS / BELOVED ELDER SON OF / WALTER GRESBY AND ALICE CHINNERY/ BORN AT HATCHFORD MARCH 28. 1886 / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN FRANCE/ JANUARY 18. 1915 / IN HIS 29TH YEAR / A PERFECT AND (illegible) / ONE WHO FEARETH GOD (Illegible) / (Illegible) 1.8
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Chinnery, Esme Fairfax
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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