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
- 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
See details - 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
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- 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
- Lt W V H Gape
- WMO ID: 255977
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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