Major Henry Gorell (2nd Baron) DSO- Battlefield Cross


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Reference WMO/294128

Address:

St Peter and St Paul Church

Main Road

Old Brampton

S42 7JG

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Composite
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A large wooden cross with an inscription at the head painted in black upright capital lettering. At the foot is a brass plaque mounted on a wooden backboard and bearing an incised inscription in mainly upright capital roman lettering. Note that CWGC treat the surname of Gorell as an alias name and also list him under the surname of Barnes. He is also commemorated on the Winchester College Memorial- WMO/141721 and on the Trinity College Oxford Memorial- WMO/92338
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Cross: MAJOR LORD GORELL DSO/ 19TH/ LONDON BATTY/ RFA/ KILLED/ IN/ ACTION/ 16.1.17; The Plaque- THIS CROSS,/ FROM YPRES CATHEDRAL,/ WAS ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES/ OVER THE GRAVE OF/ MAJOR HENRY GORELL/ 2ND. BARON GORELL OF BRAMPTON/ D.S.O., R.F.A./ KILLED IN ACTION NEAR YPRES/ ON 16TH, JANUARY 1917./ AFTER 22 MONTHS SERVICE IN COMMAND/ OF HIS BATTERY AT THE FRONT,/ AND IS PLACED HERE AS A MEMORIAL/ BY HIS BROTHER/ RONALD, 3RD. LORD GORELL./ "Give thanks for the glory of the Dead."

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