Lieutenant J. S. Richardson

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Reference WMO/140000

Address:

St Nicholas' Church

High Street

Sevenoaks

TN13 1HX

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A two sectioned, stone tablet with a wide raised edge with corniced inside edge and having as leaf & berry coloured border with flower head in corner and crosses at centre of each side. The LHS section is a coloured etching of a cloaked soldier in armour with flag at his back and then the RH section has a dedication in upercase incised lettering. At the top is a roundel with the regimental badge and below the dedication in lowercase lettering a quotation.
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TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN SHERBROOKE RICHARDSON / LIEUT. 26TH BATT. NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS / AND SOMETIME SOLICITOR IN THIS TOWN / WHO FELL IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF ARRAS / EASTER MONDAY 9TH APRIL 1917 AGED 40 YEARS / TO THE LASTING REGRET OF MANY FRIENDS / / “Who comprehends his trust and to the same / Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim / This is the happy Warrior this is he / Whom every man in arms should wish to be”

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