Memorial

Major L Edwards

Plaque, Major Lancelot Edwards

Source: Copyright Kenneth Moore

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Current Location

SERVICE CHAPEL, LINCOLN CATHEDRAL, Minster Yard, Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1PX, England

SK 97818 71808

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 20308
Description: MARBLE TABLET SET INTO WALL OF CHAPEL. RED AND BLACK LETTERING. RELIEF OF REGIMENTAL BADGE IN COLOUR AT TOP LEFT CORNER.
Inscription: TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF/ MAJOR LANCELOT EDWARDS/ THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT/ WHO DIED AT BOULOGNE OF WOUNDS RECIEVED/ IN ACTION NEAR YPRES WHILE COMMANDING/ THE 1ST BATTALION THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT./ HE COMMANDED THE DEPOT AT LINCOLN FROM/ 1912 TILL 1914 AND IT IS LARGELY TO HIS SYMPATHY AND INTEREST THAT THIS CHAPEL OWES ITS RESTORATION/ BORN APRIL 17 1870 DIED APRIL 15 1915/ CHRISTS FAITHFUL SOLDIER AND SERVANT/ UNTO HIS LIFES END

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional

Tablet

Height: C 700MM

Width: C 700MM

Made from: Marble

Condition: Unknown