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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Milton Keynes
- Town
- Milton Keynes
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8177
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Current location
All Saints Church
Willen Road
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK10 9AF
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 88762 39165
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Battlefield cross with associated landscape orientated incised marble tablet. Badge at centre of tablet.
- Inscription
- Cross : 205335 TPR J. P. N. DOVER / 1/1ST Royal Bucks Hussars / 10.11.17 / Tablet : IN EVER LOVING MEMORY / OF JOHN PERCY / NEWTON DOVER / ONLY SON OF / JOHN THOMAS AND / BLANCHE ISOBEL DOVER / OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL FIGHTING / FOR HIS COUNTRY / IN PALESTINE / IN THE GREAT WAR / NOV 10TH 1917 / AGED 20 YEARS / BURIED AT BEERSHEBA / The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away - blessed be the name of the Lord
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Dover, John Percy Newton
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, date of death, place of death, place of birth, place of burial, manner of death, age at death, relationships, service number
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: height 950 mm, width 440 mm
Materials: Wood - Tablet
Measurements: height 300 mm, width 910 mm
Materials: Marble - White
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
- 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
- Trooper J P Dover
- WMO ID: 251865
- Condition: Good [last updated on 11-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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