Major G C Ford Memorial Gates

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Reference WMO/258888

Address:

York Minster

Deangate

York

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Gate
Materials:
  • Metal Iron
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A pair of wrought iron gates painted blue and decorated with gold leaf. They are towards the eastern end of the crypt of York Minster At the top of each gate 2 lines of dedication read across the two gates. The lettering is painted in gold on the blue background. Beneath attached to the upright poles are 6 coats of arms or badges: Right hand gate 1. Harrow School 2. Christ Church College, Oxford 3. Oxford University Left hand Gate 4. Ford 5. Cheywynd-Talbot (Talbot quartering Chetwynd) 6. The Badge of the Grenadier Guards.
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IN MEMORY OF CHRISTOPHER GILBERT FORD/ MAJOR GRENADIER GUARDS BORN JULY 24 1910./ TWIN – SON OF LIONEL FORD DEAN OF YORK 1926 – 1932:/ KILLED IN ACTION NEAR ANZIO, ITALY. JANUARY 28 1944.

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