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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Uttlesford
Town
Saffron Walden
County
Essex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
76149

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Current location

Chancel arch above door
on south side
St Mary the Virgin Church
Church Path
Saffron Walden
Uttlesford
Essex
CB10 1JP
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 53740 38621
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Plain rectangular brass plaque with single line border.
Inscription
To the Glory of God / and in revered and cherished memory of/ OWEN BENNETT GOOLD JOHNSON BA / Sidney Sussex College Cambridge. 2nd Lieutenant/ Suffolk Regiment. Sometime a member of this/ Church Choir, Organist of his College Chapel and/ a Candidate for Holy Orders, who fell in Action/ in France on Easter Monday 9th April 1917. R.I.P. / "WE THANK OUR GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF HIM"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Johnson, Owen Bennett Goold
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, surname, post-nominals, rank, Regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 20mm, height 250mm, width 450mm
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
  • Grade I
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
St Mary the Virgin Church was Grade I listed on 28/11/1951 (List Entry number 1196237).
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
Church of England
Reference
  • Chelmsford Chronicle Friday 18/5/1917 reported: 'Sec.-Lt. Owen Bennett Goold Johnson, Suffolk Regt., third son of the Rev. R. Alex, and Mrs. Johnson, of Saffron Walden, was killed on April 9. He was a graduate of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and joined the O.T.C. in 1914. He obtained his commission in July 1915, and went out in July, 1916. A keen musician, he was organist of his college chapel, and would have been ordained last summer but for the war. His company commander writes: "His men really worshipped him. have never met a man who commanded more love and respect than he did." His youngest brother, Lt. Donald Frederic Goold Johnson, a graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Chancellor's gold medallist for English verse, was killed last July'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000322/19170518/039/0005

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