Memorial

Lt E G Egerton Rn

Edward Gervase Egerton

Source: Copyright Paul Clarke

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Current Location

ST HELEN AND THE HOLY CROSS CHURCH, Sheriff Hutton, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England

SE 659 662

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 30831
Description: MEMORIAL IN THE SHAPE OF A SHIELD WITH FAMILY CREST AS BELOW FAMILY CREST: LION RAMPANT JULES HOLDING A SPEAR, SABLE, WITH THE HEAD DOWNWARDS, RESTING ON A CAP OF MAINTENANCE, GULES AND ERMINE, OUTLINED IN OR
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF/ EDWARD GERVAISE EGGERTON, LIEUT, ROYAL NAVY/ ELDER SON OF JACK EGGERTON, CAPT, ROYAL NAVY AND MARION HIS WIFE OF/ SHERRIF HUTTON PARK/ HE WAS BORN ON THE 25TH JULY 1920 AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE/ ATTACK ON DIEPPE ON WEDNESDAY 19TH AUGUST 1942, WHILST IN COMMAND OF/ HM CHASSEUR 13, AND WAS BURIED AT SEA/ "GOD MADE TRIAL OF THEM AND FOUND THEM WORTHY OF HIMSELF"

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships