Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Ashford
Town
Ashford
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
88857

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Current location

St Mary the Virgin Church
High Street
Ashford
Ashford
Kent
TN24 8SG
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 01030 42740
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A white tablet with a triangular pediment and two corbels on a grey square backplate. The tablet has black lettering. The pediment has three crests.
Inscription
To the Memory of / 2ND LIEUTENANT / 1/13TH [PRINCESS LOUISE’S KENSINGTON] BATTALION THE LONDON REGIMENT / THE BELOVED ELDEST SON OF GEORGE AND GRACE JEMMETT. / BORN JANUARY 8TH 1880. DIED AT LE TREPORT ON DECEMBER 17TH 1917. / OF WOUNDS RECEIVED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT TADPOLE COPSE / BOURLON WOOD FRANCE. / “THINE EYES SHALL SEE THE KING IN HIS BEUTY.” / (…) XXXIII-17. / To the Memory of / GEORGE ELWICK JEMMETT / FATHER OF THE ABOVE, BORN FEBY 10TH 1849. DIED NOVR 12TH 1922. / “THE MASTER IS COME, AND CALLETH FOR THEE.” / JOHN XI 22
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Jemmett, George Elwick
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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, battalion, regiment, relationship, date of birth, place of death, date of death, cause of death, place of wounding,
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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