Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Town
- Bisham
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7895
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Lane
Bisham
Windsor And Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL7 7RW
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 84794 85404
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- White Oval Alabaster Tablet on an oblong black marble back board surmounted with a Coat of Arms
- Inscription
- IN/ MOST LOVING MEMORY OF/ GEORGE EDWARD VANSITTART/ MAJOR CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY/ ONLY SON OF/ JOHN PENNEFARTHER VANSITTART, INDIA, AND GREAT GRANDSON OF/ ADMIRAL HENRY VANSITTART/ HE DIED OF WOUNDS NEAR YPRES/ ON 14TH MAY 1916 AGE 31/ MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES FOR/ GALLANT AND DISTINGUISHED/ SERVICE IN THE FIELD/ "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK/ ER THE SHADOWS FLEE/ AWAY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Vanisttart, George Edward
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, rank,,regiment, relationships, place of death,manner of death,age of death,,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster - Backboard
Measurements: depth 27 mm, height 797 mm, width 580 mm
Materials: Marble - Black
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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