Russell Medley Leake MC and Bar


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Reference WMO/272821

Address:

Sedbergh School

Powell House

Sedbergh

LA10 5SD

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:
  • Metal Brass
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Brass Plaque
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IN MEMORIAM / RUSSELL MEDLEY LEAKE / QUI CUM IN HAC SCOLA ANNOS 5 DEGISSET ALUMNUS / COLLEGIO D 10 BAPT APUD OXONIENSIS / UT PATRIA PRAESTO ESSIT RELICTO / MILES PACIS AMANTISSIMUS / IDEM PRAEMIO VIRTUTIS BIS ORNATUS / IN GALLIO PROELIANS OCCIDIT / A D XIV KAL OCT A S MDCCCCXVIII / AETATIS SUAE XXV / HOC IN LOCO / QUEM MAXIME DILIGIT UTERQUE / HANC TABELLUM / AMICO POSUIT AMICUS / A D XIV KAL OCT MDCCCCXXIV / ABSTERSURUS EST DEUS LACRIMAN AB OCULIS EORUM / ET MORS AMPLIUS NON EXTABIT / (TRANSLATION) IN MEMORY OF RUSSELL LEAKE WHO, HAVING SPENT 5 YEARS AS A PUPIL AT THIS SCHOOL, LEFT ST JOHNS COLLEGE, OXFORD TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY; AS A SOLDIER HE WAS MOST DEVOTED TO PEACE; HE WAS TWICE DECORATED FOR VALOUR AND FELL FIGHTING IN FRANCE 18TH SEPTEMBER 1918, AGED 25. IN THIS SPOT, VERY GREATLY BELOVED BY THEM BOTH, A FRIEND PLACED THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF HIS COMRADE, 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1924. GOD WILL WIPE EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES AND DEATH WILL APPEAR NO MORE.

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