Memorial

Lieutenant Colonel R A Poore

Commemorative tablet for Lieutenant Colonel Roger Alvin Poore

Source: Copyright Philip Pratley

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Current Location

Salisbury Cathedral, Bishops Walk, Salisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EZ, England

SU 14233 29517

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 43650
Description: Rectangular marble tablet, double raised border. At the top is the full coat of arms of the Poore family in natural colour. Dedication incised and coloured black.
Inscription: IN PROUD AND DEAR REMEMBRANCE OF/ LIEUT. COL. ROGER ALVIN POORE, D.S.O./ ROYAL WILTSHIRE YEOMANRY/ THIRD SON OF MAJOR ROBERT POORE/ AND JULIANA BENITA CORRY, HIS WIFE/ OF OLD LODGE, HANTS./ MARRIED LORNE MARGERY DENNISTOUN/ 9TH DECEMBER 1913./ SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR (1899-1900)/ WITH THE 3RD MOUNTED INFANTRY./ IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR/ WHILE IN COMMAND OF THE 2ND BATTN./ ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS/ WAS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAEL./ 26TH SEPTEMBER 1917./ "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH."

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 1
Served: 1
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, decoration, regiment, relationships, manner of death, date of death, place of death, additional

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, decoration, regiment, relationships, manner of death, date of death, place of death, additional

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good