Memorial

St Peter's Berkhamsted - Captain L A Hardwick-Terry

Tablet

Source: Copyright Andrew Tatham

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Current Location

North aisle,, St. Peter's Church, High Street, Berkhamsted, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, HP4 2DJ, England

SP 99360 07750

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 14578
Description: Memorial comprises a stepped-edge incised marble tablet attached to a wall mounted, landscape orientated streaked marble backboard. Three raised coloured insignia motifs are placed across top of tablet. Inscription text infilled with black paint.
Inscription: RFC / PER ARDUA AD ASTRA / In Ever Loving Memory / of / CAPTAIN LEONARD ALFRED HARDWICK-TERRY / ROYAL ENGINEERS AND ROYAL FLYING CORPS ( FLIGHT COMMANDER ) / BELOVED AND ONLY SON OF OF EDWARD AND EDITH HARDWICK-TERRY / KILLED ON AUGUST 31ST 1917 NEAR AMIENS / IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / BURIED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AT AVELUY FRANCE / AGED 21 YEARS / " THESE ARE THEY WHO FOLLOW THE LAMB WHITHERSOEVER HE GOETH " / " AND IN THEIR MOUTH WAS FOUND NO GUILE " / REVELATION XIV CHAPTR.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, second service, rank, relationships, manner of death, date of death, place of death, date of burial, place of burial, age at death
Order of names: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, second service, rank, relationships, manner of death, date of death, place of death, date of burial, place of burial, age at death

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Grey

Condition: Good