Memorial
Lieutenant C B Jelf
Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone
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Current Location
Lady chapel, north nave transept, Rochester Cathedral, High Street, Rochester, Rochester Upon Medway, Kent, ME1 1SJ, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 74260 68520
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 16527
- Description
- Light colour rectangular marble tablet and border, with inscription in black lettering.
- Inscription
- To Commemorate Before God / CHRISTOPHER BLOMFIELD JELF / Lieutenant Royal Navy and Flying Officer Royal Air Force / H.M.S. COURAGEOUS / Son of SIR ARTHUR SELBORNE JELF, C.M.G. and / BLANCHE his wife, and Grandson of the Rev. Dr. JELF / who, at daybreak on the 22nd March 1937, whilst flying / alone on duty over Home Waters, passed in an instant from / the sight of men, in the twenty-fifth year of his age / "MY SOUL FLEETH UNTO THE LORD BEFORE THE MORNING WATCH"
- War
- Military Service
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Name, Rank, Service
Components
- Memorial
Made from: Marble
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 286254
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- A SHORT GUIDE TO THE SERVICE MEMORIALS OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL by TRETT, R J Source: Image Library NIWM Published:THE FRIENDS OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL 1990