Memorial

G W Claridge and H C Claridge

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Current Location

Located in churchyard in vicinity of What3Words ///slimy.dreading.otters, St James the Great Church, Church End, South Leigh, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX29 6US, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 39413 09048

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 100471
Description: Inscription added to family gravestone. Gothic-topped gravestone decorated with three cut out sections at top. 'IHS' Christogram in centre cut out and flanked by a foliate design. Inscription incised on front. Burial plot is edged with kerbstones.
Inscription: ALSO OF THEIR DEVOTED SONS/ GEORGE WILLIAM,/ WHO FELL IN ACTION AT HOOGE/ AUGUST 6TH 1915, AGED 30 YEARS./ ARTHUR PERCY,/ WHO DIED AT BANBURY/ NOV. 27TH 1918, AGED 30 YEARS./ HUBERT CECIL,/ WHO WENT DOWN WITH HIS SHIP/ H.M.S. INDEFATIGABLE IN THE JUTLAND BATTLE/ MAY 31ST 1916. AGED 18 YEARS./ "THY WILL BE DONE"

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: surname, forenames, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age

History

Sponsor Type: private

Conservation

Components

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Further Information

CWGC Casualty Details for George William Claridge: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1606688/william-claridge/ Accessed 7 March 2022
CWGC Casualty Details for Hubert Cecil Claridge: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2865587/hubert-cecil-claridge/ Accessed 7 March 2022