Lieutenant Colonel A Martin-Leake VC and Bar

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Ceremony

Dedicated
Date: 1986
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

76630

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Current location

St John the Evangelist Church
High Road
High Cross
Ware
East Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG11 1AZ
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 36387 18674
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Machine engraved brass coloured plaque with Victoria Cross depicted at top corners and Royal Army Medical Corps badge at top centre. On a wooden backboard.

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF / LT COL A MARTIN-LEAKE VC & BAR / 1874-1953 / THE HOLDER OF THE FIRST VICTORIA CROSS & BAR / WHO IS BURIED IN THE CHURCHYARD / THIS PLAQUE WAS DONATED BY HIS FELLOW OFFCIERS OF THE / ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Other
Details: The Officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps

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