Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Wandsworth
- Town
- London
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 75273
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Current location
Plot BS
Putney Vale Cemetery
Stag Lane
London
Wandsworth
Greater London
SW15 3ED
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 22158 72618
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to gravestone
- Inscription
- .../ALSO/IN LOVING MEMORY OF/HORACE GEORGE PLESTED./2ND LIEUT. MANCHESTER REGT./MISSING JULY 30TH 1916 AT GUILLEMONT, FRANCE./AGED 19 YEARS./THE GOLDEN EVENING BRIGHTENS IN THE WEST,/SOON(sic). SOON TO FAITHFUL WARRIORS COMES THEIR REST./
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Plested, Horace George
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, date of death, place of death, age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- 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
- 2nd Lt H G Plested
- WMO ID: 257733
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 09-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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