Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Kensington And Chelsea
Town
Chelsea
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Placed
    Date: Before 1928
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
91205

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Current location

St Luke's and Christ Church
Sydney Street
Chelsea
Kensington And Chelsea
Greater London
SW3 6NH
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 27192 78325
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Rectangular tablet in pink veined marble, topped by the badge of Clan Gray and its motto 'Anchor, fast anchor' with a gold cross patonce beneath the dedication. The tablet is surrounded by a narrow border comprising a pattern of three vertical lines (like Roman numeral three).
Inscription
IN GRATITUDE TO GOD/FOR THE LIFE OF/PATRICK WALWORTH GRAY/SCHOLAR OF TRIN. COLL. OXFORD/SEC. LIEUT. ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY/ONLY CHILD OF ALBERT & SOPHIE GRAY/OF CATHARINE LODGE, CHELSEA./BORN 4 APRIL 1898 HE DIED OF/WOUNDS AT AGNES LEZ DUISANS/NEAR ARRAS, 9 MAY 1917 AND IS/BURIED AT THE BRITISH CEMETERY THERE/ NOTHING IS HERE FOR TEARS .. .. .. .. .. /.. .. .. .. NOTHING BUT WELL AND FAIR/AND WHAT MAY QUIET US IN A DEATH SO NOBLE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Gray, Patrick Walworth
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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: surname,rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: forenames, surname, rank regiment
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Chelsea News and General Advertiser - Friday 13 April 1928 CHELSEA WILLS Sir Albert Gray KCB, KC gave his wife power to raise up to £5,000 from his residuary estate with the intention that it should be expended towards a memorial to his son, Patrick Walworth Gray ... On her death in 1938 the £5,000 was left for a memorial to their son at Rugby School
  • Chelsea News and General Advertiser - Friday 02 March 1928 The Late Sir Albert Gray, K.C. "His son obtained a commission in the RFA and made the supreme sacrifice. A little memorial plaque in St. Luke's Church, Chelsea bearing the inscription that Lieut. Patrick Walworth Gray RFA died of wounds received in action, is all that that the outside world would know of the tragedy that caused so much grief at Catherine Lodge during those dark days."

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