Major William Townshend Carless

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Reference WMO/262660

Address:

Hereford Cathedral

Castle Street

Hereford

HR1 2NG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Rectangular plaque with regimental crest at the top and two other crests in the middle, possibly masonic. It is in the South Aisle in a memorial grouping directly west of the gift shop entrance. The grouping also includes WMO/262654, 250828 and 250829.
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WILFRED TOWNSEND CARLESS/ MAJOR 1ST HEREFORDSHIRE REGT/ 1897 - 1915./ BORN AT HEREFORD 25TH AUGUST 1875/ EDUCATED AT THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL./ FREEMAN OF THIS CITY./ REGISTRAR OF THE COUNTY COURT./ DEPUTY & COUNTY CORONER./ HE SAILED WITH THE BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN/ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO THE DARDANELLES/ ON 16TH JULY 1915, LANDED AT SUVLA BAY AT/ DAWN ON AUGUST 9TH, HE WAS LAST SEEN/ ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 12TH WHILE/ IN COMMAND OF THE BATTALION AND/ HAS BEEN "MISSING" SINCE THAT DATE / "SPLENDID YOU PASSED THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE / INTO THE LIGHT THAT NEVERMORE SHALL FADE; / ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR ALL YOU HAD YOU GAVE / TO SAVE MANKIND - YOURSELF YOU SCORNED TO SAVE" / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED HERE BY HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN / IN PROUD AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE OCTOBER 1919

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