George Cope


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Reference WMO/293803

Address:

St Chad's Church

Long Lane

Longford

DE6 3DS

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Addition to Gravestone
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: An addition to the wording on a family gravestone. The white marble memorial comprises a Latin cross on a three step base and has a Christograph at the centre of the cross and an inscription inlaid on the 6 o'clock face of the base in mixed styles of lettering. The memorial is accompanied by chamfered white marble kerbs. However, the conjoined cross and top step of the base have been detached and laid against the remainder of the base, and the foot of the cross has been broken and repaired. The church is next to Longford Hall and is accessible from Long Lane via a public bridleway. The memorial is in the churchyard, near the southwest corner of the church.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ Elizabeth,/ ONLY DAUGHTER OF/ SAMUEL & ELIZA COPE./ OF HOLLINGTON,/ WHO DIED FEB 3. 1916,/ AGED 27 YEARS./ "THY WILL BE DONE."/ ALSO OF GEORGE,/ THEIR DEARLY LOVED YOUNGEST SON/ WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT TARANTO ITALY/ MAY 31. 1918, AGED 23 YEARS./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN/ [LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS] [The base has sunk into the ground and the lower line of the inscription is not visible.]

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