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

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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
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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: given name,surname , family relationship ,manner of death , place of death , date of death ,age at death , place of burial
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth c 20, height c 700, width c 400
    Materials: Marble - Black, Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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