- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 21956
- Description
- The part of this memorial commemorating Field Marshall Earl Wavell contains no direct reference to conflict and therefore does not meet the WMR criteria as a memorial . That part commemorating Major Earl Wavell does meet the criteria so this description deals only with that part of the overall memorial.
A rectangular grey stone tablet approximately square, the dedication incised and uses dark blue capital letters.
- Inscription
- The following part of the dedication refers to Field Marshall Earl Wavell and does not meet the criteria for a memorial and is included here for completeness and clarity - HERE HANGS THE BANNER / OF A KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE / MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH,/ ARCHIBALD PERCIVAL / 1ST EARL WAVELL / VISCOUNT WAVELL OF CYRENAICA & WINCHESTER / VISCOUNT KEREN OF ERITREA & WINCHESTER / P.C., G.C.B.,G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., C.M.G., M.C. / FIELD MARSHAL VICEROY OF INDIA / COLONEL, THE BLACK WATCH / SCHOLAR OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE / FREEMAN OF THIS CITY / AND GLORY IS THE LEAST OF THINGS / THAT FOLLOW THIS MAN HOME / FOR ALL THAT LOVELINESS, / THAT WARMTH, THAT LIGHT, / BLESSED MADONNA, / GO BACK TO FIGHT / BORN / 1883 / DIED / 1950
The following part does meet the criteria for a memorial .
REMEMBER ALSO / ARCHIBALD JOHN ARTHUR / 2ND EARL WAVELL M.C. / MAJOR THE BLACK WATCH / WHO WAS EDUCATED AT WINCHESTER COLLEGE / AND AFTER DISTINGUISHED MILITARY SERVICE / AT HOME AND ABROAD WAS KILLED / WHILE SERVING WITH HIS REGIMENT IN KENYA / ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1953 / AGED 37 / IN OMNIBUS PATRE ILLUSTRI DIGNUS / BORN / 1916 / DIED / 1953