
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Abingdon
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 92591
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Current location
Church Yard to the left of Church
beside the path.
Catholic Church of Our Lady & St Edmund
1 Radley Road
Abingdon
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
OX14 3PL
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 50040 97595
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A chamfered black stone side kerb to the family grave. Lettering in lead. The main headstone in the form of simple cross, set on a plinth, with Gloucesters Regimental badge in relief at top of cross. main inscription on the plinth.
- Inscription
- Main Inscription: HENRY/ FREDERICK TOMPSON/ GLOCS REGT & LIEUT. ATPC/ AGED 43/ HE UPHELD/ HIS REGIMENTAL TRADITIONS/ DIED APRIL 17TH 1950/ THROUGH WAR SERVICE/ SINGAPORE, KOREA 1942 - 45/ SLEEP WELL BELOVED/ INCOMPARABLE HUSBAND. Side kerb: AND HIS BROTHERS JOHN KILLED IN ACTION IN IRAQ MAY 1941 AGED 30/ EDWARD DIED OF WOUNDS BURMA MARCH 1942 AGED 29
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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