John Pace

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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

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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