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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Wycombe
Town
Marlow
County
Buckinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
8312

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Current location

All Saints Church
Church Passage
Marlow
Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
SL7 2AA
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 85142 86172
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wall mounted backboard supporting an elaborately decorated tablet displaying raised insignia badges and motifs. Incised inscription infilled with black paint. A pair of outward-facing oars are mounted on the backboard immediately below the tablet.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF / HENRY JAMES BOYTON. B.A. CAMB. / LIEUTENANT, GRENADIER GUARDS. / WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. / ON THE 14TH OF DECEMBER 1916. AGED 25. / ONLY SON OF / SIR JAMES BOYTON, M.P. AND LADY BOYTON. / THAMES LAWN, MARLOW. If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field/ That is for ever England. There shall be/ In that rich earth a richer dust concealed./ A dust whom England bore, shaped made aware./ Gave once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam./ A body of England's breathing English air,/ Washed by the rivers, blest by the suns of home. / Rupert Brooke.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Boyton, Henry James
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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, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, relationships
    Order of information: No order
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Grey
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Parochial Church Council (PCC)

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