
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Epsom And Ewell
- Town
- Headley
- County
- Surrey
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 96701
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Current location
Access road to church next to The Cock Inn
St Mary the Virgin Church
Church Road
Headley
Epsom And Ewell
Surrey
KT18 6LE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 20505 54854
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Large plain, rectangular memorial currently comprising a wide step with two plinths declining in size. Apparent damage to the top plinth suggests it may have originally been a cross. Dedications in white raised capital script.
- Inscription
- Dedication on top plinth: IN MEMORY OF / HARRY ESMOND READ / ONLY SON OF HENRY READ / LINCOLNSHIRE YEOMANRY ATTD RFC / KILLED IN AERIAL COMBAT OVER / GREVECOEUR AUG 10TH 1917 / AGED 25 YEARS / BURIED IN FRANCE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Read, Harry Esmond
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, place of death, date of death, age at death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Family memorial - Responsibility
- St Mary the Virgin
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