Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Peterborough
Town
Peterborough
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
8446

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Current location

The board hangs on the south wall of the chancel.
Longthorpe St Botolph's Church
Thorpe Road
Peterborough
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE3 6NA
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 16317 98384
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
An ornately carved dark oak board with castellated top. The main body of the board is divided into two panels. The left panel depicts a relief carving of a Latin cross entwined with passion flowers surmounted by a crown; the right panel contains the first eight lines of the inscription. Beneath those panels, the final line of the inscription is flanked by a carving of the badge of the Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire Regiments.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LIEUT. JOHN HORACE EBBUTT/ 1ST HUNTS REGT. ATTD. CAMBS REGT./ VOLRY ORGANIST AND SACRISTAN/ OF THIS CHURCH FOR 12 YEARS/ HE DIED AT ETAPLES FRANCE/ FEBY 21 - 1919 - AGED 31/ R.I.P./ LORD I HAVE LOVED THE HABITATION OF THY HOUSE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ebbutt, John Horace
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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: Rank, forenames, surname, Regiments, volunteer work, place of death, date of death, age at death.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: depth 50 mm, height 730 mm, width 917 mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
  • PARISH CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH
  • Grade I
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
Longthorpe Church
Reference
  • Peterborough Standard 1/3/1919: reported his death, and announced that a memorial service would be held at St Botolph's on 9/3/1919.
  • Peterborough Advertiser 8/3/1919: printed his obituary.

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