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
84257

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Current location

Romsey Abbey
Church Street
Romsey
Test Valley
Hampshire
SO51 8EF
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 35101 21257
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Rectangular off white marble tablet , the longer axis vertical , on a mottled black marble backboard .At top a low relief carved badge of the Essex Regiment below that the inscription incised and coloured black .
Inscription
/IN/LOVING MEMORY /OF/ARTHUR HENRY FOOTNER/2ND LIEUT 1ST BATTN.ESSEX REGIMENT/SECOND SON OF THE LATE HENRY FOOTNER/AND/GRANDSON OF THE LATE GEORGE BRIGHT FOOTNER/OF ROMSEY ,HAMPSHIRE/WHO,IN ANSWER TO HIS COUNTRY'S CALL ,SERVED WITH THE CEYLON/CONTINGENT IN EGYPT AND IN THE SUEZ CANAL: BECAME ATTACHED TO/THE NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE:TOOK PART IN THE ORIGINAL/LANDING ON THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA AT GABA TEPE ON SUNDAY THE/25TH APRIL ,1915:SERVED ON THE PENINSULA AT ANZAC FOR SEVERAL/MONTHS:WAS SUBSEQUENTLY GAZETTED TO THE 1ST BATTALION ,ESSEX REGIMENT/ONE OF THE FOUR BATTALIONS OF THE 88TH INFANTRY BRIGADE,OF THE/FAMOUS 29TH DIVISION AND WAS ULTIMATELY KILLED WHILE GALLANTLY/LEADING HIS MEN IN AN ASSAULT ON A TURKISH TRENCH NEAR/CAPE HELLES ON THE 6TH AUGUST 1915/AGED 27/"FOUND FAITHFUL ".1 Cor .IV.2/LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIMAND GREATLY MISSED/THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER, BROTHER AND SISTERS/
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Footner, Arthur Henry
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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 names,surname ,rank , unit , family relationships ,details of military service,manner of death ,place of death , date of death , age at death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth c 30, height c 1000, width c 600
    Materials: Marble - White, Marble - Black
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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