Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
St Albans
Town
St Albans
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
74258

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Current location

Plot I
St Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery
Hatfield Road
St Albans
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 4LU
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 16119 07266
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Addition to gravestone
Inscription
/IN VERY LOVING AND PROUD MEMORY/OF/LIEUT. WARREN VYVYAN HAMILTON GAPE M.C./11TH HUSSARS (PRINCE ALBERTS OWN) R.A.C./DEARLY LOVED YOUNGER SON OF/NUGENT AND SYBIL GAPE,/OF ST. MICHAEL'S MANOR, ST.ALBANS,/AND CAXTON MANOR, CAXTON./KILLED IN ACTION SOLLUM IN 2ND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN/29TH APRIL 1941. AGED 23 YEARS./IN HONOUR CHIVALROUS,/IN COURAGE VALOROUS./
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Gape, Warren Vyvyan Hamilton
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Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, relationship, manner and place of death, date of death, age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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