Reference WMO/262661
Edit memorial name, location & address- Stone Alabaster
- Stone Marble
- First World War (1914-1918)
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SACRED/ TO THOSE VIRTUES WHICH ADORN A CHRISTIAN AND A/ SOLDIER. THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY PUBLIC/ DONATIONS, PERPETUATES THE MEMORY OF/ LIEUT-COLONEL PERCY ARCHER CLIVE OF WHITFIELD/ ELDEST SON OF MEYSEY AND LADY KATHERINE CLIVE/ BORN IN 1873 AND EDUCATED AT ETON AND SANDHURST/ HE REPRESENTED SOUTH HEREFORDSHIRE IN PARLIAMENT/ FOR SIXTEEN YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A DEPUTY LIEUTENANT/ JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND A COUNTY ALDERMAN. IN HIS/ PUBLIC LIFE HE WAS COURAGEOUS, NOBLE HEARTED AND/ SELF SACRIFICING AND HE DIED A GALLANT DEATH IN THE/ CAUSE OF FREEDOM. HE ENTERED THE GRENADIER GUARDS/ IN 1891, SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE NIGER FIELD/ FORCE 1898, IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1899-1901,/ AND THROUGHOUT THE GREAT WAR UNTIL THE DAY OF/ HIS DEATH. DURING THE GREAT WAR HE WAS FIRST A/ COMPANY COMMANDER IN HIS OLD BATTALION OF THE EAST/ YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND LASTLY THE 5TH BATTALION/ LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. HE WAS TWICE MENTIONED/ IN DESPATCHES CREATED A CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION/ OF HONOUR AND AWARDED THE CROIX DE GUERRE/ TWICE WOUNDED HE RECOVERED AND WAS KILLED/ AT THE VILLAGE OF BUCQUOY 5TH APRIL 1918/ IN THE ACT OF RESCUING A WOUNDED COMRADE./ "ALL HE HAD HOPED FOR, ALL HE HAD, HE GAVE -/ TO SAVE MANKIND, HIMSELF HE SCORNED TO SAVE"
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