Memorial

Lieutenant F E Blackwood

Source: Copyright John Dewhurst

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Current Location

All Saints Church, Market Place, Kingston Upon Thames, Kingston-upon-thames, Greater London, KT1 1JP, England

TQ 17919 69294

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 47746
Description: Ornate rectangular brass plaque with engraved lettering and an ornate foliar border, regimental badges top left and top right. Initials MINNR top centre (Mounted infantry Northern Nigeria Regiment). Lettering and engraving all painted in black.
Inscription: M.I./N.N.R./DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI/TO THE /GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/FRANCIS EDWARD BLACKWOOD/LIEUT. EAST SURRY REGT AND/MOUNTED INFANTRY NORTHERN NIGERIA REGT./(SON OF CAPTAIN SIR FRANICS BLACKWOOD, BART. R.N.)/WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT SATIRU/NEAR SOKOTO, 14TH FEBRY 1906,/WHILST GALLANTLY LEADING HIS COMPANY/THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY/HIS BROTHER OFFICERS WHO SERVED WITH HIM/IN M.I. NORTHERN NIGERIA REGT. 1904-1905

War: 20th Century Conflict (1900-1999)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death, relationships

Plaque

Height: 70CM

Width: 50CM

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

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