Memorial

Sons of Lord and Lady Cawley - WW1

Source: Copyright JBE Hale

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Current Location

St Peter and St Paul Church, Eye Lane, Eye, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0DT, England

SO 49634 63811

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 33163
Description: Elaborate marble wall monument. Central incised slate tablet set within complex frame within complex frame with base and pediment. On the pediment is the Family Crest with, below and Angel's bust. On each side of the inscription tablet is the figure of a boy, one holding a gilded inverted torch and the other a gilded lamp. On the base are swags and wreaths.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THE THREE SONS OF - / LORD AND LADY CAWLEY / OF BERRINGTON HALL / IN THIS PARISH WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / Major John Stephen Cawley / 20th. Hussars. Brigade - Major / 1st. Cavalry Brigade. Killed - / Sept. 1. 1914. at Nery in France / and is buried there - aged 34. / Captain Harold Thomas Cawley. / M.P. 1/6th. Manchester Regt. Terr. / Killed Sept. 24. 1915 at Gallipoli. / and is buried there - aged 37. / Captain Oswald Cawley. M.P. / Shropshire Yeomanry Killed - / Aug. 22. 1918. near Merville and is / buried at Nery - aged 35. / PRO / PATRIA

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Relationships, rank, forenames, surname, civil title, regiment, manner of death, date of death, place of death, place of burial, age at death
Order of names: Date of death

Tablet

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good