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    Memorial

    Lt E S Wise And Lt S Wise

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    Current Location

    ST PETERS CHURCH, Church Street, Old Woking, Woking, Surrey, GU22 9JF, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 02085 56842

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    © WMR-23630

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    23630
    Description
    BRONZE PLAQUE WITH MARBLE FRAME CRESTS OF HMS CRESSY AND HMS SEVERN ABOVE APPROPRIATE NAME. RELIEF FIGURE IN THE CENTRE, ARMED AND ARMOURED, POSSIBLY ST GEORGE WITH SWORD AND SHIELD
    Inscription
    IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ (LEFT)/ LIEUT EDWARD/ SELBY WISE R.N./ HMS SEVERN/ KILLED IN ACTION NEAR/ NIEUPORT 20TH OCT 1914/ WHILST GALLANTLY/ LEADING HIS MEN/ WHO HAD BEEN LANDED/ UNDER HIS COMAND/ FROM THE MONITORS TO/ ASSIST THE BELGIAN FORCES/ AGED 27 (RIGHT)/ LIEUTENANT/ STACEY WISE R.N./ HMS CRESSY/ LOST WITH HIS SHIP/ IN THE NORTH SEA/ 22ND SEPTEMBER 1914/ AGED 22/ SO FAR FROM THE HEARTH, THE CHILDREN FLEE/ BY THAT ALMIGHTY HAND/ AUSTERELY: SO ONE BY SEA/ GOES FORTH, AND ONE BY LAND:/ NOR AUGHT OF ALL MAN'S SONS/ ESCAPES FROM THAT COMMAND
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
    Sponsor Type
    private
    Custodian
    PCC

    Components

    Frame

    Height: 610MM

    Width: 914MM


    Made from: Marble - Black


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Height: 406MM

    Width: 813MM


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good