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Second Lieutenant B Webb

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Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR4 9BL, England

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SO 50954 39798

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Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
WMR Reference Number: 32514
Description: CRYPT OF THE LADY CHAPEL RESTORED. ALTAR PIECE ADDED WITH ITS REREDOS. The reredos is in the form of a triptych with two plain arcades and a central panel lettered underneath. The central panel contains three figures – a Roman soldier on the left (a portrait of Basil Webb himself) with St Michael in the centre, and St Ethelbert on the right (holding a model of Hereford Cathedral). On the reverse of the reredos is an inscribed dedication
Inscription: Front Face - 'GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO ET IN TERRA PAX' ( Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace'. ) Rear - TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND UNDYING / MEMORY OF BASIL WEBB 2ND LIEUTNANT IN THE / WELSH GUARDS WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT / GOUZEAUCOURT FRANCE THE 1ST OF DECEMBER 1917 / AND OF HIS COMRADES WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / HIS CRYPT HAS BEEN RESTORED AND THIS ALTAR / ERECTED BY LIEUT-COL SIR HENRY WEBB BART CD P

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forename; Surname; Rank; Regiment; Cause of Death; Place and Date of Death

History

Maker(s): Architectural firm of Caroe and SIR WILLIAM GOSCOMBE JOHN RA, Designer
Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Sir Henry Webb, 1st baronet, a liberal MP who during the First World War raised and commanded the 13th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and the 14th Battalion Worcestershire regiment. Basil was his only son.

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Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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