Damerham Parishioners WWI

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Reference WMO/169143

Address:

St George's Church

Church Lane

Damerham

SP6 3JF

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 Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: See Link. Erected in memory of Major Purcell but also paying tribute to all parishioners who fell in the Great War. On the wall of the north aisle with a group of other war memorials in a chapel area.
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PRAISE GOD FOR OUR GALLENT MEN WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AND/ FOLLOWING THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE/ GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ (NAMES)/ Their reward also is with the Lord and/ the care of then is with the Most High./ THIS MEMORIAL IS SET UP BY THOSE WHO LOVED/ RICHARD GUY PURCELL, M.C., MAJOR R.G.A.,/ A GALLANT AND WELL-LOVED OFFICER WHO WAS MORTALLY/ WOUNDED NEAR TILLOY WOOD ON 28TH MARCH 1918,/ WHILST COMMANDING THE 31ST HEAVY BATTERY IN/ THE FAMOUS DEFENCE OF ARRAS.

Major Richard Guy Purcell MC/ Capt Malcolm de Brissac MC/ Lieut Charles G Eyre Coote/ Stokr Alfred Ernest House/ Boy Frederick E Waterman/ Corp George Edwards MM/ Lce Cpl George Ambrose/ Lce Cpl William Charles Edwards/ Pte William Frank Bailey/ Pte Gilbert Sydney Britten/ Pte Herbert Edwards/ Drvr Edward George Haines/ Pte Henry Nicklen/ Pte Pascoe Charles Nicklen/ Pte Harry Mark Tiller/ Pte Christopher C Waterman/ Signlr Hector George White/ Pte Robert George White

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