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Bath Abbey: 2nd Lieut Roy Leslie Box

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Reference WMO/123734

Address:

Bath Abbey

High Street

Bath

BA1 1LT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Other church fitting
Materials:
  • Metal Copper
  • Metal Iron
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Metalwork (wrought iron) mace rest headed by the Royal Coat of Arms fixed to a column of the south side of the choir stalls in Bath Abbey. An inscription on copper reads: 'Presented to the Abbey Church | in proud and loving memory of | 2nd Lieut Roy Leslie Box | 2nd/2nd West Riding Field Company R.E. | eldest son of E. Clement Box of this City | who was killed in action at Gueudecourt | on October 9th 1916 aged 23 years | and buried near Guillemont | in France.' A full description of the memorial shortly before its installation appeared in the Bath and County Notes column of the Bath Chronicle, 22 June 1918, p.3: “A handsome and useful memorial to the late Lieutenant R. L. Box is about to be placed in the Abbey Church. It takes the form of an ornamental hammered iron frame, with brackets for receiving the City Maces and the City Sword when the Mayor and Corporation attend the church in state. It is about six feet in length, and is surmounted by a gilt crown and the Royal Arms with heraldic shields, half way down the metal work will eppear [sic] the arms of the city and of the church on medallions, and at the foot is a brass plate, on which is engraven the following: “Presented to the Abbey Church in proud and loving memory of Lieutenant Roy Leslie Box, 2/2nd West Riding Field Company, R.E., eldest son of E. Clement Box, of this city, who was killed in action at Guedecourt on October 9th, 1916, aged 23 years, and buried near Guillemont in France.” It is proposed to affix the memorial to the side of the tower column near the Mayoral seat on the face fronting the nave, and I understand Sir Thomas Jackson [the Abbey’s architect] was at the Abbey on Wednesday giving his artistic opinion as to the exact position for the erection.”
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Presented to the Abbey Church | in proud and loving memory of | 2nd Lieut Roy Leslie Box | 2nd/2nd West Riding Field Company R.E. | eldest son of E. Clement Box of this City | who was killed in action at Gueudecourt | on October 9th 1916 aged 23 years | and buried near Guillemont | in France

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