Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Test Valley
- Town
- Romsey
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 84254
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Current location
Romsey Abbey
Church Street
Romsey
Test Valley
Hampshire
SO51 8EF
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 35101 21260
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A rectangular white marble tablet , the vertical axis longer , within a black marble frame . At top the badge of the Royal Artillery , below that the inscription incised and coloured black.
- Inscription
- /To the Glory of God/-and-/IN LOVING MEMORY OF/JOHN PACE/ONLY SON OF C & E.L.PACE OF THIS TOWN /WHO WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION/AT KEMMEL HILL/29TH APRIL AND DIED 1ST MAY 1918/AGED 33 YEARS/INTERRED AT ARNEKE BRITISH MILITARY CEMETERY/IN NORTHERN FRANCE/"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"/HE WAS SIX YEARS SACRISTAN OF THIS CHURCH/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Pace, John
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: given name,surname , family relationship ,manner of death , place of death , date of death ,age at death , place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth c 20, height c 700, width c 400
Materials: Marble - Black, Marble - White
- Tablet
- 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
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